Hedy Lamarr filed a ground-breaking patent that is a precursor to wifi and cell phone technology.

“Kierkegaard thought that true Christianity’s relentless assault on reason, good sense, and any normal definition of self-seeking was the closest thing to a proof of its being true. The surrender must be its own reward.”

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“What if we designed a social network to be small, self-supporting, and independent from the outset? How would it look, work, and feel?”

“…antiliberal social and legal organizations that tend to grow in the absence of state authority or when the state is weak. These groups include petty criminal gangs, the Mafia, and international crime syndicates, which look a great deal like clans and in many respects act like them.”

“I’m looking for a philosophy which brings us back to earth. That philosophy is particularism, a fancy word for a simple idea: that in our ethical lives, rules are useless. Instead we should pay attention to real people in real situations.”