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“It makes you think the best way to hold on to something is to pay no attention to it. The things you love too much must perish. You have to treat everything with irony, especially the things you hold dear. There's more of a chance then that they'll survive.”
― Testimony: The Memoirs
― Testimony: The Memoirs
“Proponents of Austrian economics include the fringe economics blog Zero Hedge, which has confidently predicted two hundred of the last two recessions”
― Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain: Bitcoin, Blockchain, Ethereum & Smart Contracts
― Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain: Bitcoin, Blockchain, Ethereum & Smart Contracts
“One day during the siege, Grant was observed walking the outer line when he encountered a mule-team driver beating and cursing one of the mules. He ordered the man to stop. The animal’s abuser, seeing a man with a blouse and no sign of rank, turned and began to swear at him. Grant had the man arrested and brought to his headquarters. Only then did the mule driver realize whom he had insulted. The man was ordered to be tied up by his thumbs. When released, the contrite soldier apologized for his language, telling Grant he did not know to whom he was speaking. Grant explained that he had punished the soldier not because of what he’d said to his commanding general: “I could defend myself, but the mule could not.”
― American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant
― American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant
“Man has to awaken to wonder - and so perhaps do peoples. Science is a way of sending him to sleep again.”
― Culture and Value
― Culture and Value
“Can we do better?”
― Algorithms Illuminated (Part 1): The Basics
― Algorithms Illuminated (Part 1): The Basics
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