Quote of the Day
If you enjoy programming, philosophy, math, or any number of geeky topics, you're in the right place. Every day, I'll post a random quote from my extensive collection of Kindle highlights. Quotes do not necessarily reflect my views or opinions. In fact, part of my epistemic process is to consume a wide variety of contradictory material.
12/23/2025
One hundred years from now, our engineering may seem as archaic as the techniques used by medieval cathedral builders seem to today’s civil engineers, while our craftsmanship will still be honored.
— Andrew Hunt and David Thomas, The Pragmatic Programmer
12/22/2025
The rationalist imagines an imbecile-free society; the empiricist an imbecile-proof one, or, even better, a rationalist-proof one.
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Bed of Procrustes
12/21/2025
You need to be able to stand on the shoulders of giants to compete in this Fourth Industrial Revolution.
— Stephen Orban, Ahead in the Cloud
12/20/2025
There are no moral phenomena at all, only a moral interpretation of phenomena.
— Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
12/19/2025
Happiness is relative. And the person hovering over the gaping maw of death will often feel the same elation from briefly escaping his miserable fate, as the free and healthy person will from his greatest accomplishment.
— Roman Gelperin, On Rotting Prison Straw
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