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.

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.

We can't share the earth with pure evil anymore than we can share the earth with smallpox.

The best computer scientists are...technologists who crave beauty.

One: Make Congress and the White House obey the same Obamacare rules you do. Two: Obama let business off for a year; we want workers to be let off for a year too. That’s the GOP plan. What part don’t you like?

Beauty is the ultimate defense against complexity.

The "paperless office" is a bad idea because paper is one of the most useful and valuable media ever invented. "On paper" is a good place for information you want to use; a bad place for information you want to store.