关于未来，我们唯一能确定的就是它会有所不同。
"The only thing we can be sure of about the future is that it will be different."
作家是一个必须生活在世界上但不属于它的人。
Writing is a way of fighting against oblivion, against death.
Natural experiments are a powerful tool for understanding causal relationships in the real world.
那时我老得多，现在我比那时年轻。
"I’ve practiced so much that I don’t need to think before I play. It’s like driving a car—you don’t think about which pedals to push."
在数字化时代，数据是银行的新石油。
真相总是残酷的。