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.
12/26/2024
Ego is simply the mammalian recognition of one’s status in the pack…
— Robert Anton Wilson, Prometheus Rising
12/25/2024
…even if a bureaucracy is created for entirely benevolent reasons, it will still produce absurdities.
— David Graeber, The Utopia of Rules
12/24/2024
The theory that crime is caused by poverty is not supported by the known facts. The very poor, in fact, tend to be just as law-abiding as the rich, and perhaps more so. To argue otherwise is to libel multitudes of people who keep to decency under severe difficulties, and in the face of constant temptation.
— H.L. Mencken, Minority Report
12/23/2024
…the value of consistency over inconsistency is almost always greater than the value of one approach over another.
— John Ousterhout, A Philosophy of Software Design
12/22/2024
Institutions, laws, restraints and moral discipline are a part of freedom and not its enemy, and liberation from such things rapidly brings freedom to an end.
— Roger Scruton, The Uses of Pessimism
1905 post articles, 381 pages.