We are all born with a certain package. We are who we are: where we were born, who we were born as, how we were raised. We're kind of stuck inside that person, and the purpose of civilization and growth is to be able to reach out and empathize a little bit with other people.

The purpose of abstraction is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can be absolutely precise.

Intelligence is the ability to achieve goals in the world.

今天很残酷，明天更残酷，后天很美好，但绝对大部分人会死在明天晚上。

Every day I discover more and more beautiful things. It’s enough to drive one mad.

跨行业合作是解决我们今天面临的重大挑战的关键。