"The most overrated virtue is intelligence. The most underrated virtue is courage."

"Imbeciles summarize the black swan by 'shit happens.' Intelligent people say 'Let us learn how not to be a Turkey.'"

"The problem with conventional education is that it tries to teach you what to think, not how to think."

"The characteristic feature of the loser is to bemoan, in general terms, mankind's flaws, biases, contradictions, and irrationality – without exploiting them for fun and profit."

"Charm is the ability to insult people without offending them; nerdiness the reverse."