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Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.
From “Dune” by Frank Herbert
Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.
From “Dune” by Frank Herbert
(…) a convict said to Mr. Davitt: "Religion robs the soul of its independence; patriotism is the stupid worship of the world for which the well-being and the peace of the inhabitants were sacrificed by those who profit by it, while the laws of the land, in restraining natural desires, were waging war on the manifest spirit of the law of our beings. Compared with this," he concluded, "thieving is an honorable pursuit.”
- Anarchism and Other Essays, Emma Goldman
(…) a convict said to Mr. Davitt: "Religion robs the soul of its independence; patriotism is the stupid worship of the world for which the well-being and the peace of the inhabitants were sacrificed by those who profit by it, while the laws of the land, in restraining natural desires, were waging war on the manifest spirit of the law of our beings. Compared with this," he concluded, "thieving is an honorable pursuit.”
- Anarchism and Other Essays, Emma Goldman
In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
EPIGRAMS IN PROGRAMMING
From ACM's SIGPLAN publication, (September, 1982), Article "Epigrams in Programming", by Alan J. Perlis of Yale University.
In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
Cultural references to symmetries
Here is an example, from a Buddhist manual on meditation:
In the glistening surface of each pearl
are reflected all the other pearls
In each reflection, again are reflected
all the infinitely many other pearls,
So that by this process, reflections
of reflections continue without end.
Source: Physics Through Symmetries by S. G. Rajeev
Any sufficiently advanced business model is indistinguishable from organized crime.
Send toot.
For that rare reader who doesn't recognize your admirable subreference to Clarke's Third Law:
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
— Arthur C. Clarke (1973)
And as they drifted up, their minds sang with the ecstatic knowledge that either what they were doing was completely and utterly and totally impossible or that physics had a lot of catching up to do.
And as they drifted up, their minds sang with the ecstatic knowledge that either what they were doing was completely and utterly and totally impossible or that physics had a lot of catching up to do.
The President is always a controversial choice, always an infuriating but fascinating character. His job is not to wield power but to draw attention away from it.
The President is always a controversial choice, always an infuriating but fascinating character. His job is not to wield power but to draw attention away from it.
“There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river.
We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in.”
― Desmond Tutu
“There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river.
We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in.”
― Desmond Tutu
The real luxuries
The real luxuries
When you realize the real luxuries in
life are the ability to travel, being with
people you love, health, time, good
sleep, learning, growth, quality time
and watching sunsets.
via natureloveratheart
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