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Steven Levy is a renowned American journalist, born in 1951. He is known for his in-depth coverage of the technology industry, particularly in the fields of personal computers and the internet. Levy's work has frequently appeared in prominent media outlets such as Newsweek, Time, and Wired.

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“At the core of Silicon Valley is a passion for 'yes.'”

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“You can create art and beauty with a computer.”

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“The Hacker Ethic: Access to computers--and anything which might teach you something about the way the world works--should be unlimited and total. Always yield to the Hands-On Imperative! All information should be free. Mistrust authority--promote decentralization. Hackers should be judged by their hacking, not bogus criteria such as degrees, age, race, or position. You can create art and beauty on a computer. Computers can change your life for the better.”

“Ideas, Mike Jones, an engineer at Google explained, were like babies - everything about their environment said they shouldn't exist. But they do. You can't dwell on problems too early, or they will swamp the virtues and you will decide not to do the project.”

Said Ideas Problem Virtue Environment Baby Projects Engineers Google Mike Swamps

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“[Google is] an omnivorous collector of information, a hyperencyclopedic vault of human knowledge, an unerring auctioneer, an eerily skilful student of languages, behaviour, and desires.”

Humans Desire Language Information Students Behaviour Google Collectors Human Knowledge Vaults

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“The world is poised on the cusp of an economic and cultural shift as dramatic as that of the Industrial Revolution.”

World Economic Revolution Dramatic Industrial Revolution Cusp

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“Find a way to delight in all students. Look for the best, expect the best, and find something in each child [you] can treasure.”

Way Looks Children Teaching Students Delight Treasure

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“There has never been an unexpectedly short debugging period in the history of computers.”

Periods Computer Programming Testing Bugs Software Engineering Debugging

Book:Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution - 25th Anniversary Edition

Source: Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution - 25th Anniversary Edition

“You can’t argue with facts. You’re not entitled to your own facts.”

Facts Arguing Entitled

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“The fact that biological, or "natural" rules might help in the creation of a computer generated work of art is interesting, but even a wonderful work of art made in this fashion isn't the same as a person, with all his or her experiences and emotions involved, making art.”

Persons Art Made Facts Helping Might Natural Interesting Emotion Wonderful Fashion Creation Involved Computer Art Is Works Of Art

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“The world is poised on the cusp of an economic and cultural shift as dramatic as that of the Industrial Revolution. (OK, it doesn't take a genius, or even a politician, to figure out that big changes are afoot when we have a medium that lets someone throw up a virtual storefront on the Web and instantly gain access to the global market.)”

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“Computer technology is so built into our lives that it's part of the surround of every artist.”

Artist Technology Our Lives Computer Built Surround Computer Technology

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“I think that the most beautiful thing lately hasn't been in hardware or software per se but collaboration - the idea behind Napster, which uses the distributed power of the Internet as its engine.”

Thinking Ideas Use Beautiful Behinds Internet Collaboration Software Engines Beautiful Things Hardware Napster

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Born: 1951
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