“Being a heretic can be fun, but being a successful heretic is mostly hard work.” — John Brockman Hard work Copy Share Image
“Missouri Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin: “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole… — John Brockman Female body Copy Share Image
“we all have a number of executive subselves, and the only way we manage to accomplish anything in life is to allow… — John Brockman Time Copy Share Image
“If, by contrast, you think that uncovering your mistakes is one of the best ways to revise and improve your understanding of… — John Brockman Failure Copy Share Image
“Traditional American intellectuals are, in a sense, increasingly reactionary, and quite often proudly (and perversely) ignorant of many of the truly significant… — John Brockman Accomplishments Copy Share Image
“Human achievement is based on collective intelligence—the nodes in the human neural network are people themselves. By each doing one thing and… — John Brockman Collective intelligence Copy Share Image
“Hustle to keep your kids on or off the Internet, eating organic or local or nothing at all. Take these actions, or… — John Brockman Child Copy Share Image
“By undercutting fundamentalism and intolerance, education would curtail violence and war. By empowering women, it would curb poverty and the population explosion.” — John Brockman Education Copy Share Image
“Wicked problems demand people who are creative, pragmatic, flexible, and collaborative. They never invest too much in their ideas, because they know… — John Brockman Good enough Copy Share Image
