Geniuses of certain kinds - mathematicians, chess players, computer programmers - seem, if not mad, at least lacking in the social skills most easily identified with sanity.
The Internet is like a town that leaves its streets unmarked on the principle that people who don't already know don't belong - James Gleick
The Internet is like a town that leaves its streets unmarked on the principle that people who don't already know don't belong
- James Gleick
It is not true that people who accomplish things don't waste time and that people who waste time don't accomplish things. The very concept is ill-inf… - James Gleick
It is not true that people who accomplish things don't waste time and that people who waste time don't accomplish things. The very concept is ill-inf…
In the mind's eye, a fractal is a way of seeing infinity. - James Gleick
In the mind's eye, a fractal is a way of seeing infinity.
Intuition was not just visual but also auditory and kinesthetic. Those who watched Feynman in moments of intense concentration came away with a stron… - James Gleick
Intuition was not just visual but also auditory and kinesthetic. Those who watched Feynman in moments of intense concentration came away with a stron…
When information is cheap, attention becomes expensive. - James Gleick
When information is cheap, attention becomes expensive.
Ideas that require people to reorganize their picture of the world provoke hostility. - James Gleick
Ideas that require people to reorganize their picture of the world provoke hostility.
Information is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom. - James Gleick
Information is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom.
I have seen the future, and it is still in the future. - James Gleick
I have seen the future, and it is still in the future.
Life sucks order from a sea of disorder. - James Gleick
Life sucks order from a sea of disorder.
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