Instead of asking your child what they learned today, ask them who they helped today. - Kevin Kelly

Our existence here, he says, is a case of “not we the accidental but we the expected.” Mathematician Manfred Eigen wrote in 1971, “The evolution of life, if it is based on a derivable physical principle, must be considered an inevitable process.

If Jefferson gave you his house at Monticello, you’d have his house and he wouldn’t. But if he gave you an idea, you’d have the idea and he’d still have the idea. That weirdness is the source of our uncertainty about intellectual property today.

To signal an emergency, use the rule of 3: 3 shouts, 3 horn blasts, or 3 whistles.