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“Oh, no,” said Miss Level, genuinely shocked. “You can’t not help people just because they’re stupid or forgetful or unpleasant. Everyone’s poor around here. If I don’t help them, who will?”
“In fact, the ratio of CEO pay to average worker pay has increased from 70 in 1990 to 300 in 2005, and much of this growth is linked to the greater use of IT,”
― Race Against The Machine
― Race Against The Machine
“Talent alone isn’t enough,” said Marcus. “You must adhere to good spell design practices. Even the most talented wizards can get careless and sloppy.”
― Best Practices of Spell Design
― Best Practices of Spell Design
“His job is not to wield power but to draw attention away from it.”
― The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
― The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
“The future is already here – it's just not evenly distributed.”
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“The most productive firms reinvented and reorganized decision rights, incentives systems, information flows, hiring systems, and other aspects of organizational capital to get the most from the technology. This, in turn, required radically different and, generally, higher skill levels in the workforce.”
― Race Against The Machine
― Race Against The Machine
TechLore
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Lore is a body of traditions and knowledge held by a particular group, typically passed from person to person by word of mouth. Tech culture is a trad ...more
SICP
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Reading and discussing Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs Free online version https://github.com/sarabander/sicp-pdf
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