Steven Pinker The decline of violence is a fractal phenomenon. You can see it over millennia, over centuries, over decades and over years. – Steven Pinker Centuries Quotes Decades Quotes Decline Quotes Fractal Quotes Millennia Quotes Phenomenon Quotes Violence Quotes The connections I draw between human nature and political systems in my new book, for example, were prefigured in the debates during the Enlightenment and during the framing of the American Constitution. No one knows what the nongenetic causes of individuality are. Perhaps people are shaped by modifications of genes that take place after conception, or by haphazard fluctuations in the chemical soup in the womb or the wiring up of the brain or the expression of the genes themselves.
Nick Szabo There’s a strong distinction to be made between dry code smart contacts and wet code’s physical law. So law is based on our minds, our wetware – it’s based on analogy. The law is more flexible; software is more rigid. Various laws tend to be batched in jurisdictional silos. Software tends to be independent. – Nick Szabo
Diane von Furstenberg The iPad! What is better designed than that? I read magazines on it, I play Scrabble. I use it for everything. – Diane von Furstenberg
Maisie Williams In my opinion, nothing changes after you get married. If ain’t broke, don’t fix it. – Maisie Williams
Milo Yiannopoulos I’m an invention of the Internet. I’m like, the Internet went away for a few years and designed what the perfect online personality would look like and came back with me. – Milo Yiannopoulos
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