Rule of thumb: Be skeptical of things you learned before you could read. E.g., religion.

Expose yourself to as much randomness as possible.

Expose yourself to as much as possible. Attend conferences no one else is attending. Read books no one else is reading. Talk to people no one else is talking to.

Long-term goals are dangerous. They limit you. They hinder you from reacting to new conditions.

The internet tends to make smart people smarter and dumb people dumber.

I'm just the smallest dot in a big map of human history.

It got a little stressful in my first two years of high school, trying to make conference calls with investors in between classes, but I definitely learned a lot of important time-management lessons.

I have a broad range of interests, so I'll always be working on something.

If you really understand something, you can: 1) explain it using a clear metaphor and 2) explain the strongest counter-argument to the idea.

Sometimes Plan B can have the same desired outcome, but a different path for getting there.

I really focused on three things in high school - my company, basketball and my school work.

Keep your friends for friendship, but work with the skilled and competent

It's just... You sound like lorde. But like, with maple syrup.

I wants us to be real. I want to be just you and me. - Ryan

The last thing I want to become is one of those talking heads where everything is satiny smooth and you know what the next question is going to be

I also know that I am not a great technician.

As long as the superstition that people should obey unjust laws exists, so long will slavery exist

Postponing doing the really interesting things in life for later, when you don't have the energy.

I used to have to save my allowances to buy a quart of rubber to make a mask, and it's how I spent all my free time.

They make a desert and call it peace.

I get asked a lot why cats mess outside the litter box. The simplest thing is if you have more than one cat and you have two litter boxes, don't put them right next to each other.