We don't want to focus on the trees (or their leaves) at the expense of the forest.

Hofstadter's Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law

Meaning lies as much in the mind of the reader as in the Haiku.

One of the most important and fascinating of all computer languages is Lisp (standing for "List Processing"), which was invented by John McCarthy around the time Algol was invented.

This idea that there is generality in the specific is of far-reaching importance.

In the end, we self-perceiving, self-inventing, locked-in mirages are little miracles of self-reference.

Reductionism is merciless.