“The corollary of constant change is ignorance. This is not often talked about: we computer experts barely know what we're doing. We're good at fussing and figuring out. We function well in a sea of unknowns. Our experience has only prepared us to deal with confusion. A programmer who denies this is probably lying, or else is densely unaware of himself.” KnowsWellsLyingDealsSeaIgnoranceComputerFunctionConstantPreparedDenyConfusionExpertsProgrammersFussing Book:Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents Source: Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents
“We must learn to cast off our anxieties because we have so many of them. The world destroys spiritual life by generating constant anxiety. Jesus said that the life of the gospel is choked out by the cares of this world. We know this to be true yet we are more chained and tethered to the world than ever before in the human race.” KnowsWorldHumansSaidCareSpiritualJesusRaceThis WorldAnxietyConstantCastsBeing TrueHuman RaceSpiritual LifeChained Author:John Ortberg
“While I know that the beautiful, the spiritual and the sublime are suspect today, I have begun to stop resisting the constant urge to deny that beauty has a valid right to exist in contemporary art.” KnowsArtTodayBeautifulSpiritualConstantDenyContemporaryUrgesSuspectsSublimeResistingContemporary Art Author:Ian Hornak