“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
“Everybody in Vanity Fair must have remarked how well those live who are comfortably and thoroughly in debt; how they deny themselves nothing; how jolly and easy they are in their minds.” MindWellsEasyFairsDenyDebtVanityJollyVanity Fair Book:Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero Source: Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero