“Ignorance and confidence are constant companions.”
John McAfee (1945) American computer programmer and businessman
Into the Heart of Truth (2001)
“Progress' constant companion is nostalgia for the way things used to be.”
"Pandora's Box", This American Life, television season 1, installment 6, 26 April 2007.
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