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“What you do in this world is a matter of no
consequence,” returned my companion, bitterly.
“The question is, what can you make people believe that you have done. Never mind,”
―
consequence,” returned my companion, bitterly.
“The question is, what can you make people believe that you have done. Never mind,”
―
“It was a basic Confucian principle that “it is man who makes
truth great, not truth which makes man great.” For this reason,
“humanness” or “human-heartedness” (jen a) was always felt to be
superior to “righteousness” (i b), since man himself is greater than
any idea which he may invent. There are times when men’s
passions are much more trustworthy than their principles. Since
opposed principles, or ideologies, are irreconcilable, wars fought
over principle will be wars of mutual annihilation. But wars fought for simple greed will be far less destructive, because the aggressor
will be careful not to destroy what he is fighting to capture.
Reasonable–that is, human–men will always be capable of
compromise, but men who have dehumanized themselves by
becoming the blind worshipers of an idea or an ideal are fanatics
whose devotion to abstractions makes them the enemies of life.”
― The Way of Zen
truth great, not truth which makes man great.” For this reason,
“humanness” or “human-heartedness” (jen a) was always felt to be
superior to “righteousness” (i b), since man himself is greater than
any idea which he may invent. There are times when men’s
passions are much more trustworthy than their principles. Since
opposed principles, or ideologies, are irreconcilable, wars fought
over principle will be wars of mutual annihilation. But wars fought for simple greed will be far less destructive, because the aggressor
will be careful not to destroy what he is fighting to capture.
Reasonable–that is, human–men will always be capable of
compromise, but men who have dehumanized themselves by
becoming the blind worshipers of an idea or an ideal are fanatics
whose devotion to abstractions makes them the enemies of life.”
― The Way of Zen
“Tolerance is not a Sapiens trademark. In modern times, a small difference in skin colour, dialect or religion has been enough to prompt one group of Sapiens to set about exterminating another group. Would ancient Sapiens have been more tolerant towards an entirely different human species?”
― קיצור תולדות האנושות
― קיצור תולדות האנושות
“But Taoism must on no account be understood as a revolution
against convention, although it has sometimes been used as a
pretext for revolution. Taoism is a way of liberation, which never
comes by means of revolution, since it is notorious that most
revolutions establish worse tyrannies than they destroy. To be free
from convention is not to spurn it but not to be deceived by it. It is
to be able to use it as an instrument instead of being used by it.”
― The Way of Zen
against convention, although it has sometimes been used as a
pretext for revolution. Taoism is a way of liberation, which never
comes by means of revolution, since it is notorious that most
revolutions establish worse tyrannies than they destroy. To be free
from convention is not to spurn it but not to be deceived by it. It is
to be able to use it as an instrument instead of being used by it.”
― The Way of Zen
“I think it’s extraordinarily important that we in computer science keep fun
in computing. When it started out, it was an awful lot of fun. Of course,
the paying customers got shafted every now and then, and after a while we
began to take their complaints seriously. We began to feel as though we
really were responsible for the successful, error-free, perfect use of these
machines. I don’t think we are. I think we’re responsible for stretching them,
setting them off in new directions, and keeping fun in the house. Fun comes
in many ways. Fun comes in making a discovery, proving a theorem, writing
a program, breaking a code. Whatever form or sense it comes in I hope the
field of computer science never loses its sense of fun. Above all, I hope we
don’t become missionaries. What you know about computing other people
will learn. Don’t feel as though the key to successful computing is only in
your hands. What’s in your hands, I think and hope, is intelligence: the ability
to see the machine as more than when you were first led up to it, that you
can make it more.”
― Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
in computing. When it started out, it was an awful lot of fun. Of course,
the paying customers got shafted every now and then, and after a while we
began to take their complaints seriously. We began to feel as though we
really were responsible for the successful, error-free, perfect use of these
machines. I don’t think we are. I think we’re responsible for stretching them,
setting them off in new directions, and keeping fun in the house. Fun comes
in many ways. Fun comes in making a discovery, proving a theorem, writing
a program, breaking a code. Whatever form or sense it comes in I hope the
field of computer science never loses its sense of fun. Above all, I hope we
don’t become missionaries. What you know about computing other people
will learn. Don’t feel as though the key to successful computing is only in
your hands. What’s in your hands, I think and hope, is intelligence: the ability
to see the machine as more than when you were first led up to it, that you
can make it more.”
― Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
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