Peers can be the best teachers, because they're the ones that remember what it's like to not understand.
Pascal and C are special-purpose languages for manipulating the registers and memory of a von Neumann-style computer.
More data beats clever algorithms, but better data beats more data.
Using PowerPoint is like having a loaded AK-47 on the table.
We dont have better algorithms, we just have more data
The people who hate SICP are the ones who just want to know how to drive their car on the highway, just like everyone else.