…the pointy-haired boss doesn’t mind if his company gets their ass kicked, so long as no one can prove it’s his fault.

— Paul Graham, Hackers & Painters

…the ‘mathematical’ approach to ethics had led to rigid formalisms which were antithetical to justice.

— Anja Publications, Philosophy Now

Expert hackers are a tiny minority, admittedly, but that tiny minority write all the good software…

— Paul Graham, Hackers & Painters

Euthyphro dilemma. The dilemma is this: is an action pious because it is loved by the gods, or is it loved by the gods because it is pious? If the former, then a good or pious action is whatever the gods want, perhaps including actions we might ordinarily think of as decidedly bad. If the latter, then a good or pious action can be defined without reference to the gods at all.

— Anja Publications, Philosophy Now

The worst theory of management is to not have one at all, but the second worst is one that doesn’t change.

— Will Larson, An Elegant Puzzle