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Still, intuitive assumptions about behavior is only the starting point of systematic analysis, for alone they do not yield many interesting implications.

Situational variables can exert powerful influences over human behavior, more so that we recognize or acknowledge.

Any ideal system is its own worst enemy, and as soon as you start to implement these visions of grandeur, they just fall apart and turn into a complete tyranny.

My idea here is that, inasmuch as certain cognitive tasks and principles are tied to nature's laws, these tasks and principles are indifferent to language, culture, gender, or the particular mode of information that is provided.

Curiously, a principle affects your life whether you are aware of it or not. For instance, the principle of gravity was working long before the apple ever fell on Newton's head. But once it did, and he understood it, then we as a society were free to harness this principle to create, among other things, airline flight.

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.

I think anytime that you go to the extreme of any mode of economics, be it capitalism or communism, you have these feedback mechanisms that make the system turn in on itself.

The most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency.

My background is putting in large systems that change lives... The right kind of systems can bring honesty and efficiency.

As you deal with more and more complex systems, it becomes harder and harder to find deep and interesting properties.