We're told, from many sources, that any onecan achieve anything. We've done away with the caste system, we are now in a system where anyone can rise to any position they please. And it's a beautiful idea. Along with that is a kind of spirit of equality; we're all basically equal. There are no strictly defined hierarchies. There is one really big problem with this, and that problem is envy.

如果你想发展，就必须愿意适应变化。

Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends.

The theory of computation is deeply connected to the philosophy of mind and the nature of intelligence.

We have to be careful not to become stylists.

我宁愿让人困惑，也不愿让人无聊。