
“Do we really need to hijack our attention systems every 10 seconds with a banner?”
The Forgotten Ideas in Computer Science
Formula 1 Commentary Australia 1997
“Do we really need to hijack our attention systems every 10 seconds with a banner?”
The Forgotten Ideas in Computer Science
“Logic only gives man what he needs. Magic gives him what he wants.”
Another Roadside Attraction (1971)
“First he gathered what he needed. Then he needed to keep gathering what he used to need.”
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Vectors: Aphorisms and Ten Second Essays (2001)
“A good teacher does not draw out; he gives out, and what he gives out is love.”
The Problem Teacher (1939), p. 11
Context: A good teacher does not draw out; he gives out, and what he gives out is love. And by love I mean approval, or if you like, friendliness, good nature. The good teacher not only understands the child: he approves of the child.
“He who buys what he needs not, sells what he needs.”
Pt. II, Lib. III, Ch. III.
Guzmán de Alfarache (1599-1604)
1980s–1990s, Barbarians inside the Gates and Other Controversial Essays (1999)