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David Gelernter Quotes

The first step is always to succeed in becoming surprised - to notice that there is something funny going on Picture Quote #1

There are great science books that were conceived as books. Feynman’s famous introductory lectures in physics, which have a beginning and an end, which are written with style Picture Quote #1

For years, computer scientists were treating operating systems design as sort of an open-reserch issue, when the field’s direction had been decided by commercial operations. Computer science has become completely cut off from reality Picture Quote #1

Beauty is the ultimate defense against complexity Picture Quote #1

Really good ideas are always good beyond what you anticipated originally Picture Quote #1

The book is a unit and is such a brilliant ergonomic unit Picture Quote #1

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Good programmers know what’s beautiful and bad ones don’t Picture Quote #1

At the same time, on the networks, there are thousands of groups that are building lifestreams, or lifestreaming for themselves in their own way. We’d love to see this activity Picture Quote #1

There are certain subjects which seem to me can be taught very effectively online, although they aren’t Picture Quote #1

I think the universities as we know them will be dead in a future years. I’d like to see them replaced by something better, instead of something worse, and it’s not clear which way it will go Picture Quote #1

Abolishing the book is like abolishing the symphony, or sonata form, or the sonnet, or the wall painting Picture Quote #1

The book is a form in which some of the greatest masterpieces that mankind has ever achieved are expressed; Picture Quote #1

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There are great science books that were conceived as books. Feynman’s famous introductory lectures in physics, which have a beginning and an end, which are written with style Picture Quote #1

I think the print media have failed to make the most of their opportunity. They may all disappear because they are approaching things in the wrong way Picture Quote #1

We still have books because they are so brilliantly suited to the way human beings absorb information and at their best, they are among the most beautiful things we have Picture Quote #1

Software unification. So that I no longer care what computing device I pick up, whether it’s a laptop or desktop, whether it’s one I own or one in a public place, whether it has a small screen or a large screen Picture Quote #1

Beauty is more important in computing than anywhere else in technology because software is so complicated. Beauty is the ultimate defense against complexity... The geniuses of the computer field, on the the other hand, are the people with the keenest aesthetic senses, the ones who are capable of creating beauty. Beauty is decisive at every level: the most important interfaces, the most important programming languages, the winning algorithms are the beautiful ones Picture Quote #1

If we were forced to choose just one, there would be no way to deny that Judaism is the most important intellectual development in human history Picture Quote #1

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The first step is always to succeed in becoming surprised - to notice that there is something funny going on. (David Gelernter Quotes) There are great science books that were conceived as books. Feynman’s famous introductory lectures in physics, which have a beginning and an end, which are written with style. (David Gelernter Quotes) For years, computer scientists were treating operating systems design as sort of an open-reserch issue, when the field’s direction had been decided by commercial operations. Computer science has become completely cut off from reality (David Gelernter Quotes) Beauty is the ultimate defense against complexity (David Gelernter Quotes) Really good ideas are always good beyond what you anticipated originally (David Gelernter Quotes) The book is a unit and is such a brilliant ergonomic unit (David Gelernter Quotes) Good programmers know what’s beautiful and bad ones don’t (David Gelernter Quotes) At the same time, on the networks, there are thousands of groups that are building lifestreams, or lifestreaming for themselves in their own way. We’d love to see this activity (David Gelernter Quotes) There are certain subjects which seem to me can be taught very effectively online, although they aren’t (David Gelernter Quotes) I think the universities as we know them will be dead in a future years. I’d like to see them replaced by something better, instead of something worse, and it’s not clear which way it will go (David Gelernter Quotes) Abolishing the book is like abolishing the symphony, or sonata form, or the sonnet, or the wall painting (David Gelernter Quotes) The book is a form in which some of the greatest masterpieces that mankind has ever achieved are expressed; (David Gelernter Quotes) There are great science books that were conceived as books. Feynman’s famous introductory lectures in physics, which have a beginning and an end, which are written with style (David Gelernter Quotes) I think the print media have failed to make the most of their opportunity. They may all disappear because they are approaching things in the wrong way (David Gelernter Quotes) We still have books because they are so brilliantly suited to the way human beings absorb information and at their best, they are among the most beautiful things we have (David Gelernter Quotes) Software unification. So that I no longer care what computing device I pick up, whether it’s a laptop or desktop, whether it’s one I own or one in a public place, whether it has a small screen or a large screen (David Gelernter Quotes) Beauty is more important in computing than anywhere else in technology because software is so complicated. Beauty is the ultimate defense against complexity... The geniuses of the computer field, on the the other hand, are the people with the keenest aesthetic senses, the ones who are capable of creating beauty. Beauty is decisive at every level: the most important interfaces, the most important programming languages, the winning algorithms are the beautiful ones (David Gelernter Quotes) If we were forced to choose just one, there would be no way to deny that Judaism is the most important intellectual development in human history (David Gelernter Quotes)