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.
06/01/2024
Diversification doesn’t work as a strategy for the poor.
— Donella H. Meadows, Thinking in Systems
05/31/2024
You can’t automate excellence, though we will likely keep trying. It’s futile. Why? Because people are actually worth something.
— Dan Charnas, Everything in Its Place
05/30/2024
…the 1966 Rosenthal-Jacobson study, in which students were given a fake aptitude test and their teachers were told which students were expected to “bloom” (when in reality the so-called good students were randomly selected). Over the next year, those students did better than their classmates.
— Francis Su, Mathematics for Human Flourishing
05/29/2024
A good programmer should know a dozen or so languages.
— Robert C. Martin, Clean Craftsmanship
05/28/2024
…research as a strenuous and devoted attempt to force nature into the conceptual boxes supplied by professional education.
— Thomas S. Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
1907 post articles, 382 pages.