"Obviously, the Epiphinator will need to slim down in order to thrive, but a careful study of history shows how impossible it is to determine whether it can return to both power and glory, or whether its demise is imminent."

"When I was riding, I had this trainer who showed up in the paddock with a piece of paper," Sherman said. "He had actually written out where the horse should be every step of the way -- the half-mile pole, et cetera. All the way around, he had it written down. I looked at him like he was nuts. I said to him, 'How in the world can you expect me to ride a horse with a map?'" (Opens with a great story from Angel Cordero.)

"The capacity of being a great generalist -- which I hope to be -- is being lost a little bit. I think that’s tragic."

A theory of disaggregated coherence: "What’s clear is that the flow ... will no longer be linear, but convoluted."

Writing, blogging, creating ... how everything contributes to an arc.