“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
“YOU PROMISED ME MARS COLONIES, AND ALL I GOT WAS ALL OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE INDEXED AND AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE ON EARTH FOR FREE.”
― Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything
― Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything
“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
“Fake people are a cultural denial-of-service attack.”
― Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
― Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
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