"If a wise man should ask, What are the modern virtues? and should answer his own question by a summary of the things …"

"The disposition to consider intelligence a peril is an old Anglo-Saxon inheritance. Our ancestors have celebrated thi…"

"But the lover of intelligence must be patient with those who cannot readily share his passion. Some pangs the mind wi…"

"It is very unlikely that we would drive to extinction any native Martian microorganisms in the process of extending t…"

"We do not need a lunar-orbiting station to go to the Moon. We do not need such a station to go to Mars. We do not nee…"

"Musk can probably build a giant AI data centre on the Moon. But if it can’t compete with much cheaper alternatives on…"

"Much of the uncertainty in individual decision making comes from not knowing what we really want to achieve through t…"

"The better is the worst enemy of the plenty good enough."

"So the road to a decision involves five steps, each simple enough: list of the actions you can take (a decision is ju…"

"People seem to flinch at the word probability—it has too many syllables. Besides, it sounds mathematical, and it’s be…"