社会无法发展出有效、低成本的合同执行机制，是历史上停滞和当代第三世界欠发达的最重要根源。

Memories， even your most precious ones， fade surprisingly quickly. But I don’t go along with that. The memories I value most， I don’t ever see them fading.

民主不是旁观者的运动。它需要积极参与和对社会正义的承诺。

"Capitalist realism insists on treating mental health as if it were a natural fact, like weather (and, incidentally, it is no coincidence that the mental health of so many deteriorates during the winter months)."

在我们认识到我们过去所做的很多事情是非常愚蠢的之前，我们不会变得更聪明。

入门统计学课本一开始讲的几个要点之一，就是相关性不是因果性。这也是最先被忘记的要点之一。