
“Google knows everything about us but we know nothing about Google.”
The forgotten advantage of concurrent programming
A Last Scrap Book (London: Macmillan, 1924) p. 42
“Google knows everything about us but we know nothing about Google.”
The forgotten advantage of concurrent programming
"Letters written from my garden", 1853
“I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.”
From Sex to Superconsciousness
Context: Whenever I meet prostitutes, they never speak of sex. They inquire about the soul, and about God. I also meet many ascetics and monks, and whenever we are alone they ask about nothing but sex. I was surprised to learn that ascetics, who are always preaching against sex, seem to be captivated by it. They are curious about it and disturbed by it; they have this mental complex about it, yet they sermonize about religion and about the animal instincts in man. And sex is so natural.
2010s, 2016, October, Second presidential debate (October 9, 2016)