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“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”
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“It's probably no accident that whenever one hears of a smart technology, it refers to something that has been taken out of human control.”
― Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do and What It Says About Us
― Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do and What It Says About Us
“Men may or may not be better drivers than women, but they seem to die more often trying to prove that they are.”
― Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do and What It Says About Us
― Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do and What It Says About Us
“It is unworthy of excellent men to lose hours like slaves in the labour of calculation which could safely be relegated to anyone else if machines were used.
(Describing, in 1685, the value to astronomers of the hand-cranked calculating machine he had invented in 1673.)”
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(Describing, in 1685, the value to astronomers of the hand-cranked calculating machine he had invented in 1673.)”
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“I wouldn’t stop until I figured the damn thing out–it would take me fifteen or twenty minutes. But during the day, other guys would come to me with the same problem, and I’d do it for them in a flash. So for one guy, to do it took me twenty minutes, while there were five guys who thought I was a super-genius.”
― Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
― Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
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