The advantage of a ridiculously ambitious goal is that it sets the bar very high so even in failure it may be a success measured by the ordinary.

一个好的抽象是捕捉概念的本质方面，同时忽略无关的细节。

文本之外别无他物。

在危机时刻，透明度和问责制至关重要。

The explanatory gap between physical processes and conscious experience remains as wide as ever.

过去从未消亡，它甚至从未过去。