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The tools we use have a profound (and devious!) influence on our thinking habits, and, therefore, on our thinking abilities.
The tools we use have a profound (and devious!) influence on our thinking habits, and, therefore, on our thinking abilities.
People think of the inventor as a screwball, but no one ever asks the inventor what he thinks of other read more
People think of the inventor as a screwball, but no one ever asks the inventor what he thinks of other people.
Since the invention of the microprocessor, the cost of moving a byte of information around has fallen on the order read more
Since the invention of the microprocessor, the cost of moving a byte of information around has fallen on the order of 10-million-fold. Never before in the human history has any product or service gotten 10 million times cheaper-much less in the course of a couple decades. That's as if a 747 plane, once at $150 million a piece, could now be bought for about the price of a large pizza.
If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says read more
If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says that it is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
It's very good for an idea to be commonplace. The important thing is that a new idea should develop out read more
It's very good for an idea to be commonplace. The important thing is that a new idea should develop out of what is already there so that it soon becomes an old acquaintance. Old acquaintances aren't by any means always welcome, but at least one can't be mistaken as to who or what they are.
Guide to understanding a net.addict's day: Slow day: didn't have much to do, so spent three hours on usenet. Busy read more
Guide to understanding a net.addict's day: Slow day: didn't have much to do, so spent three hours on usenet. Busy day: managed to work in three hours of usenet. Bad day: barely squeezed in three hours of usenet.
Science is nothing but perception.
Science is nothing but perception.
You have to hatch ideas -- and then hitch them.
You have to hatch ideas -- and then hitch them.
Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when you only have one.
Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when you only have one.
