People commonly use the word 'procrastination' to describe what they do on the Internet. It seems to me too mild to describe what's happening as mere… - Paul Graham

You need rich people in your society not so much because in spending their money they create jobs, but because of what they have to do to get rich.

The most dangerous form of procrastination is unacknowledged type-B procrastination [putting off important things to do unimportant things], because it doesn't feel like procrastination. You're "getting things done." Just the wrong things.

The most important component of writing clearly is simply to have high standards for clarity. Then if you write something unclear, you notice, and ask: what did I mean to say? You can just keep doing this over and over. And if you have high standards for clarity, you will.