Lex Fridman says
“Truth is a process not a final destination. The former requires humility and curiosity. The latter dogmatic certainty. There's always more nuance and wisdom to discover, through empathy and reason.”
“The public school system is not about educating black children. Never has been. Inner-city schools are about social control. Period. They’re operated as holding pens—miniature jails, really. It’s only when black children start breaking out of their pens and bothering white people that society even pays any attention to the issue of whether these children are being educated.”
“Develop into a lifelong self-learner through voracious reading; cultivate curiosity and strive to become a little wiser every day.”
“If something is too hard, we move on to something else. What could be simpler than that?”
“Acquire worldly wisdom and adjust your behavior accordingly. If your new behavior gives you a little temporary unpopularity with your peer group… then to hell with them.”
“In my whole life, I have known no wise people (over a board subject matter area) who didn't read all the time - none, zero. You'd be amazed how much Warren reads - and at how much I read. My children laugh at me. They think I'm a book with a couple of legs sticking out.”
“In my whole life, I have known no wise people (over a broad subject matter area) who didn't read all the time -- none, zero. You'd be amazed at how much Warren reads--and at how much I read. My children laugh at me. They think I'm a book with a couple of legs sticking out.”
“Most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a day - and overestimate what they can accomplish in a year.”
“Change is never easy, but always possible.”
“People calculate too much and think too little.”
“I think perhaps education doesn’t do us much good unless it is mixed with sweat.”
“The best anti-poverty program is a world-class education.”