“What promotes math progress even more than new ideas are new technical tools and habits of thought that encapsulate existing ideas, so that insights of one generation become the instincts of the next.” IdeasScienceNextProgressGenerationsHabitToolsMathematicsInstinctInsightMathNew Ideas Author:Jim Propp
“There are lots of people who believe there may be at least some genetic component to procrastination, and even if there isn't, it seems to be the case that procrastination habits are often set relatively early in life (that's certainly the case with me). But I also think that there's lots of evidence that external tools can help quite a bit in getting people to stop procrastinating.” PeopleIfsThinkingBelieveMayHelpingSeemsBitsCasesHabitEvidenceToolsProcrastinationComponentsProcrastinating Author:James Surowiecki
“A programming language is a tool that has profound influence on our thinking habits.” ThinkingLanguageInfluenceHabitToolsProfoundProgrammingComputer ProgrammingProgramming Languages Author:Edsger Dijkstra
“How people keep correcting us when we are young! There is always some bad habit or other they tell us we ought to get over. Yet most bad habits are tools to help us through life.” PeopleHelpingAgeYoungTimeOughtHabitToolsAgingGet OverBad HabitsCorrecting Author:Jack Nicklaus