If you ask an economist what’s driven economic growth, it’s been major advances in things that mattered – the mechanization of farming, mass manufacturing, things like that. The problem is, our society is not organized around doing that.

True intelligence is seamless service, not showing off tech.

写作是一种孤独的职业，但孤独是作家的最好朋友。

You have to fight for every point like it’s the last one.

释义：不必在是非对错上争执不休，也不必在彼此之间计较长短。世间的事情本来就存在许多缺陷，人的身体也难以避免无常的变化。

战争的目的不是要你为你的国家牺牲，而是要让你的敌人为他的国家牺牲。