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.
09/14/2023
just as the blowing winds preserve the sea from stagnation, so also stagnation in peoples would be the product of prolonged, let alone absolute peace
— Georg Wilhelm Fredrich Hegel, Elements of the Philosophy of Right
09/13/2023
Except for a few natural catastrophes, every great woe has been driven by a stupidity.
— Eliezer Yudkowsky, How to Actually Change Your Mind
09/12/2023
…it is never a person’s toolset that constrains their potential, it’s their mindset.
— Tiago Forte, Building a Second Brain
09/11/2023
if a man is born in whom nature is strong enough, he’ll shake off all his limitations, shatter them to pieces, and win his freedom
— Plato, Gorgias
09/10/2023
Working with systems, on the computer, in nature, among people, in organizations, constantly reminds me of how incomplete my mental models are, how complex the world is, and how much I don’t know.
— Donella H. Meadows, Thinking in Systems
1911 post articles, 383 pages.