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.
11/04/2020
Everyone in the sciences secretly believes that mathematicians are smarter than they are. I think mathematicians also believe this. At any rate, the result is that scientists tend to make their work look as mathematical as possible.
— Paul Graham, Hackers & Painters
11/03/2020
…we are all cyborgs, defined as hybrids of man and machine. Examples such as using watches to tell the time, wearing glasses to correct vision, or using a pacemaker, by definition make us cyborgs.
— Donna Harraway, A Cyborg Manifesto
11/02/2020
Reports are more a medium of self-discipline than a way to communicate information. Writing the report is important; reading it often is not.
— Andrew S. Grove, High Output Management
11/01/2020
The same talents or personality that make a person an excellent amateur programmer may make him singularly unsuited for being a professional one; but the lack of ability to adjust his working behavior to the problem at hand will always make him unsuited.
— Gerald Weinberg, The Pschcology of Computer Programming
10/31/2020
…the idea of digital transformation with a beginning, a middle, and an end is bullshit.
— Stephen Orban, Ahead in the Cloud
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