It has always surprised me how little attention philosophers have paid to humor, since it is a more significant process of mind than reason. Reason can only sort out perceptions, but the humor process is involved in changing them.

In a sense, words are encyclopedias of ignorance because they freeze perceptions at one moment in history and then insist we continue to use these frozen perce…

We may need to solve problems not by removing the cause but by designing the way forward even if the cause remains in place.

An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgements simpler through knowing what to pay attention to and what to ignore.