Google never did any advertising. They're like dealers; they sell the stuff, but they know better than to use it themselves. - Paul Graham

When something is described as "academically challenging," that's good. That means you learn a lot.

The power of established ideas is so great that even the most independent-minded people only rarely overcome it. The difference between independent-minded and conventional-minded people is that the former see past established ideas 1% of the time, and the latter 0%.

It’s hard to do a really good job on anything you don’t think about in the shower.