Found in Johnson's dictionary: Morkin: A wild beast, dead through sickness or mischance. - Paul Graham

The difference between a random fact and (for lack of a better word) a non-random one is how many other facts it's connected to. The latter kind are better.

People think that what a business does is make money. But money is just the intermediate stage — just a shorthand — for whatever people want. What most businesses really do is make wealth. They do something people want.

If I were back in high school and someone asked about my plans, I'd say that my first priority was to learn what the options were. You [high school students] don't need to be in a rush to choose your life's work. What you need to do is discover what you like. You have to work on stuff you like if you want to be good at what you do.