“Man was, therefore, still a prisoner on his own planet. It was much fairer, but a much smaller, planet than it had been a century before. When the Overlords abolished war and hunger and disease, they had also abolished adventure.”
― Childhood’s End
― Childhood’s End
“Being an expert isn't telling other people what you know. It's understanding what questions to ask, and flexibly applying your knowledge to the specific situation at hand. Being an expert means providing sensible, highly contextual direction.”
― How to Stop Sucking and Be Awesome Instead
― How to Stop Sucking and Be Awesome Instead
“These programs were never about terrorism: they're about economic spying, social control, and diplomatic manipulation. They're about power.”
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“So much of leadership is learning to give a damn about other people, something that we programmers are notoriously bad at.”
― Effective Programming: More Than Writing Code
― Effective Programming: More Than Writing Code
“If you give a good idea to a mediocre group, they’ll screw it up. If you give a mediocre idea to a good group, they’ll fix it. Or they’ll throw it away and come up with something else.”
― Effective Programming: More Than Writing Code
― Effective Programming: More Than Writing Code
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