The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato.

Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations we can perform without thinking about them.

Ideas won't keep. Something must be done about them.

The future cannot be reappropriated.

-- Jacques Derrida

You can either be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It all depends on how you view your life.

-- Jack Dorsey

Technology grounded in the natural sciences will never rest; it will reshape human living conditions with ever greater force.

-- Werner von Siemens

Technology grounded in the natural sciences will never rest; it will reshape human living conditions with ever greater force.

-- Werner von Siemens