People get the government their behavior deserves. People deserve better than that.

Playfully doing something difficult, whether useful or not, that is hacking.

In terms of effect on the world, it's very good that I've lived. And so I guess, if I could go back in time and prevent my birth, I wouldn't do it. But I sure wish I hadn't had so much pain.

In the free/libre software movement, we develop software that respects users' freedom, so we and you can escape from software that doesn't.

It doesn't take special talents to reproduce--even plants can do it. On the other hand, contributing to a program like Emacs takes real skill. That is really something to be proud of. It helps more people, too.

No person, no idea, and no religion deserves to be illegal to insult, not even the Church of Emacs.

People sometimes ask me if it is a sin in the Church of Emacs to use vi. Using a free version of vi is not a sin; it is a penance. So happy hacking.