I'd Never Been A Tall

The Opposite Of Esprit D'escalier Is The Way That Life's Embarrassments Come Back To Haunt Us Even After They're Long Past. I Could Remember Every Stupid Thing I'd Ever Said Or Done, Recall Them With Picture-perfect Clarity. Any Time I Was Feeling Low, I'd Naturally Start To Remember Other Times I Felt That Way, A Hit Parade Of Humiliations Coming One After Another To My Mind.

The Real Damage From Terrorist Attacks Doesn't Come From The Explosion. The Real Damage Is Done After The Explosion, By The Victims, Who Repeatedly And Determinedly Attack Themselves, Giving Over Reason In Favor Of Terror... Terrorism Is About Magnifying One Mediagenic Act Of Violence Into One Hundred Billion Acts Of Terrorized Authoritarian Idiocy.

It Is A Mistake To Let Aesthetics Drive Your Rational Decision Making.

If You've Never Programmed A Computer, You Should. There's Nothing Like It In The Whole World. When You Program A Computer, It Does Exactly What You Tell It To Do. It's Like Designing A Machine — Any Machine, Like A Car, Like A Faucet, Like A Gas-hinge For A Door — Using Math And Instructions. It's Awesome In The Truest Sense: It Can Fill You With Awe.

The Big Problem Isn’t Piracy, It’s Obscurity.