#stpetebeach — Public Fediverse posts
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The future will be better tomorrow.
-- Dan Quayle -
The future will be better tomorrow.
-- Dan Quayle -
Our fascination with computers is more deeply spiritual than utilitarian. When online, we break free from bodily existence, from our earthy existence, and emulate the viseo dei, the perspective of God, the "all-at-oneness" of divine knowledge.
-- David F. Noble (The Religion of Technology)⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #DavidFNoble #Computers #Existence #Religion
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Our fascination with computers is more deeply spiritual than utilitarian. When online, we break free from bodily existence, from our earthy existence, and emulate the viseo dei, the perspective of God, the "all-at-oneness" of divine knowledge.
-- David F. Noble (The Religion of Technology)⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #DavidFNoble #Computers #Existence #Religion
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Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel.
-- William Shakespeare (King Lear) -
Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel.
-- William Shakespeare (King Lear) -
The rabbit runs faster than the fox, because the rabbit is running for his life, while the fox is only running for his dinner.
-- Anonymous -
The rabbit runs faster than the fox, because the rabbit is running for his life, while the fox is only running for his dinner.
-- Anonymous -
You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
-- J. M. Barrie -
You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
-- J. M. Barrie -
Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.
-- Gertrude Stein -
Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.
-- Gertrude Stein -
In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.
-- Robert Green Ingersoll -
In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.
-- Robert Green Ingersoll -
Making sense has as much to do with formulating useful questions as it has to do with developing useful answers.
-- Peter J. Gomes -
Making sense has as much to do with formulating useful questions as it has to do with developing useful answers.
-- Peter J. Gomes -
If the misery of our poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.
-- Charles Darwin (Voyage of the Beagle) -
If the misery of our poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.
-- Charles Darwin (Voyage of the Beagle) -
Logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities.
-- Lord Dunsany -
Logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities.
-- Lord Dunsany -
The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that man may become robots.
-- Erich Fromm⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #ErichFromm #HumanDestiny #TheFuture #ThePast
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The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that man may become robots.
-- Erich Fromm⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #ErichFromm #HumanDestiny #TheFuture #ThePast
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Free speech in hypertext implies the right to link.
-- Tim Berners-Lee -
Free speech in hypertext implies the right to link.
-- Tim Berners-Lee -
Our acts make or mar us, we are the children of our own deeds.
-- Victor Hugo -
Our acts make or mar us, we are the children of our own deeds.
-- Victor Hugo -
People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.
-- Hermann Hesse -
People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.
-- Hermann Hesse -
Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts.
-- Henry Adams -
Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts.
-- Henry Adams -
Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.
-- Madame de Stael -
Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.
-- Madame de Stael -
The future has a way of arriving unannounced.
-- George Will -
The future has a way of arriving unannounced.
-- George Will -
Humor is just another defense against the universe.
-- Mel Brooks -
Humor is just another defense against the universe.
-- Mel Brooks -
Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it.
-- Brian W. Kernighan -
Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it.
-- Brian W. Kernighan -
There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method.
-- Herman Melville (Moby-Dick) -
There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method.
-- Herman Melville (Moby-Dick) -
We know what we are, but know not what we may be.
-- William Shakespeare (Hamlet) -
We know what we are, but know not what we may be.
-- William Shakespeare (Hamlet) -
A very windy evening at the Don Cesar Hotel!
#TampaBay #Stpete #Stpetersburg #Stpetebeach #Sunset #Tampa #Florida #Beach #DonCesar #DonCesarHotel -
A very windy evening on St. Pete Beach!
#TampaBay #Stpete #Stpetersburg #Stpetebeach #Sunset #Tampa #Florida #Beach -
You can recognize a deep truth by the feature that its opposite is also a deep truth.
-- Frank Wilczek -
It's not politicians who will end oppression. It's the radicals, with the stink in their clothes, rebellion in their brain, hope in their heart and direct action in their fists.
-- David Bowie⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #DavidBowie #Change #Injustice #Politics #Revolution #Tyranny