I'll be adding to this forever, as I realize daily that there are indeed a LOT of people who actually know things.

• Alan Watts
• Bailey, Nicole Llinares' dog
• Bradford Cox
• Chris Kaskie
• Chris Martin
• Craig Bartlett
• Dana Cohen
• Debbie, my hair colorist
• Doug Martsch
• Doug Worsley
• ancient Egyptians
• Ellen Ryan
• Epicurus
• Etruscans
• Felix Miller
• Flicky, my bunny
• Freda Ding
• George Orwell
• Hanz, Loren's dog
• Dr. Heidi White
• Henry David Thoreau
• Ishita Aloni
• Jason Mraz
• J.C.R. Licklider
• J.K. Rowling
• John Long
• Katherine Weinstein
• Kathleen Berka
• Keenan Korth
• Lady GaGa
• Lao Tzu
• Loren Worsley
• Luna Lovegood
• M.C. Escher
• Marina Abramovic
• Martin Stiksel
• Merrill Garbus
• Michael Bloomberg
• Michael Breidenbruecker
• Micheal "Eyedea" Larsen
• Miles Davis
• Dr. Michael Rectenwald
• Mother Courage from Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children
• Neytiri from Avatar
• Niccolo Machiavelli
• Omar A. Rodriguez-Lopez
• Peter Smith
• Ralph Drewes, Jr.
• Ranger, the security guard at Armani Exchange
• Ram Dass
• Richard Jones
• Richard Linklater
• ancient Romans
• Rosemary Drewes
• Satoshi Tajiri
• Stephen Hawking
• Stephen Mitchell
• Steve Jobs
• Sting
• Sufjan Stevens
• Switzerland
• creators of music visualizers
• Thomas Willomitzer
• the waitress with the cool haircut, accent, and scar on her back at Hummus Place
• this woman
• Thurston Moore
• VRGL, the friendly alien snail of sorts in Halo 3: ODST
• whoever invented the term "processing fee"
• William Ralph "Will" Wright