System archetypes are patterns of behavior of a system. Systems expressed by circles of causality have therefore similar structure. Identifying a system archetype and finding the leverage enables efficient changes in a system.

— The Fifth Discipline, Peter Senge

Yet even today, when few people believe that accidents or diseases have perpetrators, discussions of poverty consist mostly of arguments about whom to blame for it.

— Steven Pinker, Enlightenment Now

There are two best kinds of reorganizations: The one that solves a structural problem. The one that you don’t do.

— Will Larson, An Elegant Puzzle

Scientific inquiry is the finest example of how individuals who accept certain practices can work to surpass their individual limitations.

— Paul Bloom, Against Empathy

If a statement is false, that’s the worst thing you can say about it. You don’t need to say that it’s heretical.

— Paul Graham, Hackers & Painters