Thursday, September 23, 2010

There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs. -- Paul Krugman

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

The central enemy of reliability is complexity.
-— Geer et al.