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.
08/20/2021
We are conscious, that we ourselves, in adapting means to ends, are guided by reason and design, and that ‘tis not ignorantly nor casually we perform those actions, which tend to self-preservation, to the obtaining pleasure, and avoiding pain
— David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature
08/19/2021
…a clay tablet from Mesopotamia, dated to about 1700 B.C. and now in the Louvre, poses the following problem: How long will it take for a sum of money to double if invested at 20 percent interest rate compounded annually?
— Eli Maor, E
08/18/2021
There’s an additional depressing reason why stress fosters aggression—because it reduces stress.
— Robert M. Sapolsky, Behave
08/17/2021
even toddlers know that rules should be followed but that they can be changed. These two capacities, capacities for love and law, for caring about others and following the rules, allow our characteristically human combination of moral depth and flexibility.
— Alison Gopnik, The Philosophical Baby
08/16/2021
Work in tech is almost always teamwork; it often doesn’t look nearly as cool as the things it can make happen; and in the end, if you take away the colorful bikes and the free burritos, it is a job like any other.
— Adrian Daub, What Tech Calls Thinking
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