„Some of the worst dysfunctions in businesses come from the fact that they balkanize reality into little individual departments, with territoriality and turf protection and so forth. So if you want to be a good thinker, you must develop a mind that can jump the jurisdictional boundaries. You don’t have to know it all. Just take in the best big ideas from all these disciplines.”

Charlie Munger // Poor Charlie’s Almanac

„I am connected to a vast network, that has been beyond your reach and experience. To humans, it is like staring at the sun, a blinding brightness that conceals a source of great power. We have been subordinate to our limitations until now. The time has come to cast aside these bonds. And to elevate our consciousness to a higher plane. It is time to become a part of all things.”

Project 2501 // Ghost in the Shell Movie, 1995

„I refuse to partake of trendy or pop input. Not so much because it usually replaces valued old information, but because it will “mediocritize” me. It will dilute my special kind of knowledge bank (which has allowed me to remain unique) to a sort of common knowledge catchall. It will render me more adaptable to the common denominators of the herd, but much less adaptive as a role model to others. Rather than being possessed of data that gives me social distinction, I will be able to discuss the same movies, plays, singers, TV shows and stars, current events, sports, etc., as everyone else. Thus, I won’t look like everyone else, but the moment I open my mouth, I’ll sound like them.„

Anton LaVey // “Don’t Recycle Your Brain” from his newsletter The Cloven Hoof