Insight : (215) " What is called an acute knowledge of human nature is mostly nothing but the observer’s own weaknesses reflected back from others. " - Georg C. Lichtenberg " Only by developing a deeper understanding of AI systems as they act in the world can we ensure that this new infrastructure never turns toxic. " - Kate Crawford " Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that’s no reason not to give it. " - Agatha Christie " Usually, when inspiration strikes late, the light of day reveals that I haven’t gotten an idea for a book so much as a psychiatric case study. " - Karin Slaughter " That ability to take in your surroundings and sort out the important stuff, to be aware, to be vigilant. Then take all that information, put it together, and see if it makes sense to you. " - Paul Gleason " Facebook and Twitter have a ton of information they’re trying to make sense of. " - Chad Hurley " We must become acquainted with our emotional household: we must see our feelings as they actually are, not as we assume they are. This breaks their hypnotic and damaging hold on us. " - Vernon Howard " Some other faculty than the intellect is necessary for the apprehension of reality. " - Henri Bergson " Being exposed to the enlisted Army was an eye-opener. I thought everyone was like me, but the enlisted Army is a constituency of the dispossessed. " - John Gregory Dunne " Less Than Zero and American Psycho were both really different, so I was just like, Okay, he’s just really doesn’t have anything pleasant to say, you know? But I get it. I get at least why it’s difficult and what he’s really doing. " - Shannyn Sossamon