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“Programming in machine code is like eating with a toothpick.”
― Charles Petzold, Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

“Tačiau, kita vertus, vargu ar reikia pabrėžti, koks pavojus tyko, taip pasidavus madai. Kyla grėsmė laisvei, kuria mes mėgaujamės. Ne policija jai grasina - ir už tai turėtume būti dėkingi, - o konformizmo spaudimas, baimė atsilikti, baimė, kad kas nors nepavadintų "senamadišku", ar neprilipdytų dar kokios panašios etiketės.”
― Gombrich Ernst H

“The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ...We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. This is a logical result of the way in which our democratic society is organized. Vast numbers of human beings must cooperate in this manner if they are to live together as a smoothly functioning society. ...In almost every act of our daily lives, whether in the sphere of politics or business, in our social conduct or our ethical thinking, we are dominated by the relatively small number of persons...who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires which control the public mind.”
― Edward Bernays, Propaganda

“The romantic contrast between modern industry that “destroys nature” and our ancestors who “lived in harmony with nature” is groundless. Long before the Industrial Revolution, Homo sapiens held the record among all organisms for driving the most plant and animal species to their extinctions. We have the dubious distinction of being the deadliest species in the annals of life.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, From Animals into Gods: A Brief History of Humankind