Claudio Rodrigues

“The thought processes of humans are not like the mathematical logic of machines. Indeed, were the thought processes of humans like that of logic, we wouldn’t have needed to invent logic as an aid to thought: Logic is important because it is different.”
― Don Norman, Things That Make Us Smart: Defending Human Attributes in the Age of the Machine

“Stories are important cognitive events, for they encapsulate, into one compact package, information, knowledge, context, and emotion.”
― Don Norman, Things That Make Us Smart: Defending Human Attributes in the Age of the Machine

“But the people who have recently come to dominance and those who will come to dominance in the new century are increasingly aware—or can be made aware—that freedom still works in their own lives and that they effectively exempt themselves from most of the laws that take freedom away from other people.”
― Charles Murray, What It Means to Be a Libertarian: A Personal Interpretation

“The overconfidence of scientists is probably necessary: Let them believe they are on the trail of something big, something important, and they will slave away for their entire lives, working, arguing, debating, exploring.”
― Don Norman, Things That Make Us Smart: Defending Human Attributes in the Age of the Machine