All things being equal, letting people make decisions for themselves will produce smarter outcomes, collectively, than relying on government planners.

We assume that good-looking people are smarter and more effective than they really are, and that homely people are the reverse.

All things in the world come from being. And being comes from non-being.

Diversity and independence are important because the best collective decisions are the product of disagreement and contest, not consensus or compromise.

Markets work best when there's lots of information available and a historical track record to go on; they excel at predicting things like horse races, election outcomes, and box-office results. But they're bad at predicting things like who will be the next Supreme Court nominee, as that depends on the whim of the president.

I want to literally make people smarter by jamming things in their brains.