Thought Provoking

The reason for building a personal computer in the first place was to enable people to do what people do best by using machines to do what machines do best. Many people are afraid of today's computers because they have been told that these machines are smarter than they are

A person experiencing social atrophy might not say “I am lonely” but rather, “I prefer to be alone” – or even in more dire cases: “people cannot be trusted.” They may no longer wish to share life with others

Different experiences expand how you view the world, making it easier to combine ideas in new ways

Let things go over your head. Then reach higher.

Whatever it is, go too far.

The will is a space of tension inside the self where one actively feels the difference between where they are and where they would like to be.

shared a vision of personal computing in which computers would be used to enhance the most creative aspects of human intelligence

We imitate the behaviour of those we spend time with, and those behaviours become habits. The will is the only intervention we have against the conditioning of worldly existence

When you see yourself as many things at once – whether that’s your profession, your neighborhood, your hobbies, your generation – you become more nuanced and flexible as a person.