Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that once it is competently programmed and working smoothly—it is completely honest.
–Isaac Asimov, Change! Seventy-One Glimpses of the Future, 1981
Quotes
The Aim of Argument
“The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.”
Public Housing
“Prison is the only form of public housing the government has truly invested in.”
–Mark Lamont Hill, 2012
If I Worked That Mysteriously, I’d Get Fired
If I Worked That Mysteriously, I’d Get Fired
Specialization Is For Insects
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love, 1973