The philosophy of Ayn Rand has long been in league with a certain kind of adolescence. … many of those who never outgrow her have an immature, autodidactic energy as adults.

— Adrian Daub, What Tech Calls Thinking

Turing gave an argument that was supposed to show that mental procedures cannot carry further than mechanical procedures. That argument is inconclusive, Gödel said, because it depends on the supposition that a finite mind is capable of only a finite number of distinguishable states.

— Richard Tieszen, Simply Gödel

There are no longer natural famines in the world; there are only political famines. If people in Syria, Sudan or Somalia starve to death, it is because some politician wants them to.

— Yuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus

Respect of subordinates for their commander? No, Schofield says. The origin of great leadership begins with the respect of the commander for his subordinates.

— Angela Duckworth, Grit

…irrational artifact attachment — the more time and effort you invest in planning or a document, the more likely you will protect what’s contained in the plan or document even in the face of evidence that it is inaccurate or outdated.

— Neal Ford, Rebecca Parsons, and Patrick Kua, Building Evolutionary Architectures