Anything you say before the word “but” does not count. - Kevin Kelly

As a practical matter I’ve learned to seek the minimum amount of technology for myself that will create the maximum amount of choices for myself and others. The cybernetician Heinz von Foerster called this approach the Ethical Imperative, and he put it this way: “Always act to increase the number of choices.” The way we can use technologies to increase choices for others is by encouraging science, innovation, education, literacies, and pluralism. In my own experience this principle has never failed: In any game, increase your options.

The big dirty secret is that everyone, especially the famous, are just making it up as they go along.

When crises strike, don’t waste them. No problems, no progress.