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.
12/05/2025
Of the seventy million people who died in major 20th-century famines, 80 percent were victims of Communist regimes’ forced collectivization, punitive confiscation, and totalitarian central planning.
— Steven Pinker, Enlightenment Now
12/04/2025
It’s widely recognized that if you’re not failing now and then, you’re not being innovative enough or taking enough risks.
— Titus Winters, Tom Manshreck, and Hyrum Wright, Software Engineering at Google
12/03/2025
…looking down on the user, however benevolently, always seems to corrupt the designer.
— Paul Graham, Hackers & Painters
12/02/2025
…as anyone who has written a PhD dissertation knows, the way to be sure you’re exploring virgin territory is to stake out a piece of ground that no one wants.
— Paul Graham, Hackers & Painters
12/01/2025
Knowledge is the only resource that gets better and more valuable the more it multiplies.
— Tiago Forte, Building a Second Brain
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