Literature, from the very beginning, has had a single enemy, and that is the restriction of the expressed idea. It turns out, however, that freedom of expression sometimes presents a greater threat to an idea, because forbidden thoughts may circulate in secret, but what can be done when an important fact is lost in a flood of impostors, and the voice of truth becomes drowned out in an ungodly din?

— Stanislaw Lem, Seth Shostak, and Michael Kandel, His Master’s Voice

A good technical argument is one that eliminates reliance on the personal authority of the speaker.

— Eliezer Yudkowsky, How to Actually Change Your Mind

…the way this economy works, if you spend your working life caring for others, you’ll end up so underpaid and so deeply in debt you won’t be able to care for your own family.

— David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs

The fact that you are surrounded by chaotic systems is a key reason why adaptability is so important to your success.

— Gabriel Weinberg, Lauren McCann, Super Thinking

Mathematically described models have a great advantage: they can be adapted for computers using well established math techniques. If your model has graphs, use graph theory. If it has equations, use algebra.

— Wladston Ferreira Filho, Computer Science Distilled