To be humble is to take specific actions in anticipation of your own errors. To confess your fallibility and then do nothing about it is not humble; it is boasting of your modesty.

— Eliezer Yudkowsky, How to Actually Change Your Mind

Universities ought to be the arena in which political prejudice is set aside and open-minded investigation reveals the way the world works. But just when we need this disinterested forum the most, academia has become more politicized as well—not more polarized, but more left-wing.

— Steven Pinker, Enlightenment Now

…there is quite a bit of scientific evidence that outstanding performance in many fields is related more to high-quality practice than innate ability (see, for example, Talent is Overrated by Geoff Colvin).

— John Ousterhout, A Philosophy of Software Design

Daily habits are powerful because of how they compound, but worrying too much about every daily choice is like looking at yourself in the mirror from an inch away.

— James Clear, Atomic Habits

Every time the interest rate went up, so did the suicide rate; when interest went down, so did suicide.

— Robert Anton Wilson, Prometheus Rising