Societies need rules that make no sense for individuals. For example, it makes no difference whether a single car drives on the left or on the right. But it makes all the difference when there are many cars! -Marvin Minsky

 

Societies need rules that make no sense for individuals. For example, it makes no difference whether a single car drives on the left or on the right. But it makes all the difference when there are many cars!


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Imagine what it would be like if TV actually were good. It would be the end of everything we know.

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You don't understand anything until you learn it more than one way.

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No computer has ever been designed that is ever aware of what it's doing; but most of the time, we aren't either.

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I bet the human brain is a kludge.

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