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.
05/07/2023
The famous mantra “Move fast and break things” goes well beyond a surrender to the inevitability of acceleration, instead making acceleration an ethical imperative.
— Adrian Daub, What Tech Calls Thinking
05/06/2023
As with other aspects of rapid development, you have to do a lot of things right to succeed, but you only have to do one thing wrong to fail.
— Steve McConnell, Rapid Development
05/05/2023
To do great things, we need to be able to endure tragedy and setbacks.
— Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way
05/04/2023
Though we possess the brainpower, the talent, and the tools to solve our most worrying problems, it’s enormously difficult to organize ourselves around the big questions.
— Pagan Kennedy, Inventology
05/03/2023
…even apparently “good” behaviors can be addictive if we do them to avoid being in the moment with what is happening.
— Jim Dethmer, Diana Chapman, and Kaley Klemp, The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership
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