There are limits to the technologies of auditing and there are limits to how much society is willing to spend to have auditors check every transaction.

The auditing firm is looking under every stone right now, and the SEC is going to do the same type of investigation. And you may discover that some of these things were simple mistakes and some of them may be a lot more serious.

You don't know whether this was purposeful or this was a mistake that was made in a very big way and no one was sufficiently skeptical about it.

He's just an incredible athlete. He enjoys testing himself and pushing his limits. He places a high value on that.

The high cost of access limits the use of the Internet as a civil society tool and stunts the growth of a culture to use technology as an information tool,

On an individual level, the human condition changed day by day, even hour by hour, and while you were soaking in self-pity over a misfortune, you might miss an opportunity for a redeeming triumph. And for every act of inhumanity, the species managed to committ a hundred acts of kindness; so if you were the type to brood, you would be more sensible if you dwelt on the remarkable goodwill with which most people treated others even in a society where the cultural elites routinely mocked virtue and celebrated brutality.

BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON
Chapter 5