Kuala Lampur, April 15 -- Half the skill of being educated is learning what you can ignore. I couldn't've said it better myself.

To rapidly reveal the true character of a person you just met, observe them stuck on an abysmally slow internet connection. This is true in so many ways.

And here I thought I couldn't be impressed by a collection of sayings. But I'm running ahead of myself.

So I was on a plane home last week, scrolling through e-books which (like many fun files) just happened to find their way into my phone without me being aware (or at least not for about a year).

Found a brilliant collection of sayings by Kevin Kelly, the founding editor of Wired magazine and one of the top veteran tech geniuses in the world.

His previous...