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.
02/15/2024
Freedom is measured by the (logical) distance between one’s aspirations and the expectations inflicted on one by Others
— Mariam Thalos, A Social Theory of Freedom
02/14/2024
We also know the kind of ill mental health and neurosis that can arise in the person who attempts to guard against his subconscious compulsions at all costs, by means of only his conscious faculties.
— Roman Gelperin, Addiction, Procrastination, and Laziness
02/12/2024
…the primary factor preventing the adoption of an impactful Staff-plus role is the fear of creating a tyrannical architect.
— Will Larson and Tanya Reilly, Staff Engineer
02/11/2024
Language, incontestably, reveals the speaker. Language, also, far more dubiously, is meant to define the other.
— James Baldwin, If Black English Isn’t a Language, Then Tell Me, What Is?
1970 post articles, 394 pages.