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.
05/11/2026
Most people do not change because of vision alone—they change because of pain.
— Jim Dethmer, Diana Chapman, and Kaley Klemp, The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership
05/10/2026
Valuing “responding to change over following a plan” is another way of saying “don’t expect me to be able to predict what I will get done,”
— Adam Barr, The Problem With Software
05/09/2026
Valuing “responding to change over following a plan” is another way of saying “don’t expect me to be able to predict what I will get done,”
— Adam Barr, The Problem With Software
05/08/2026
(The correlation between a person’s score on the SAT and on the standard IQ test is very high.) A critic could point out that if we gave slots at top universities to candidates with red hair, we would quickly live in a world in which being a redhead correlated with high income, elevated status, and other positive outcomes
— Paul Bloom, Against Empathy
05/07/2026
The definition of modern development is training AI on human expertise while teaching humans to abandon expertise
— Krzyś, The Junior Developer Extinction
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