Books like these not only help me dream but just marvel at the breadth of human intelligence 

That said - it’s interesting to hear Hawking call the study of history “a study in stupidity” and that we should focus on the future instead. His esteem of Elon Musk is also concerning although Hawking strikes me as someone who doesn’t expend energy on socio-political issues, as if they are beneath him. I don’t know if this is true, this is just the impression I got from this text.