Skipping School Isn't A Crime. It's An

When You Teach Your Students That It's "economically Rational" To Commit Crimes Where The Fines For Misconduct Are Lower Than The Expected Return On The Crime, You Instill A Professional Ethic That Has No Room For Morals.

... I Think That I Was Too Self-centered To Ever Develop Good Skills As A Peacemaker. In My Younger Days, I Assumed That It Was Because I Was Smarter Than Everyone Else, With No Patience For Explaining Things In Short Words For Mouthbreathers Who Just Didn't Get It.

If You've Never Programmed A Computer, You Should. There's Nothing Like It In The Whole World. When You Program A Computer, It Does Exactly What You Tell It To Do. It's Like Designing A Machine — Any Machine, Like A Car, Like A Faucet, Like A Gas-hinge For A Door — Using Math And Instructions. It's Awesome In The Truest Sense: It Can Fill You With Awe.

Content Isn't King. If I Sent You To A Desert Island And Gave You The Choice Of Taking Your Friends Or Your Movies, You'd Choose Your Friends -- If You Chose The Movies, We'd Call You A Sociopath. Conversation Is King. Content Is Just Something To Talk About.

If The Best Way To Learn To Succeed Is To Fail As Fast As Possible, Then The Second-best Way Is To Watch Someone Else Fail As Fast As Possible. Watching Someone Else Screw Up Is A Kind Of Rehearsal For Your Own Eventual Downfall. A Close Observation Of Someone Else's Attempt To Resolve A Difficulty Is A Great Way To Acquire Real-world Insight Into Whether And When To Deploy Their Method In Your Own Times Of Trouble.