‘That’s the choice we need to make: are technologists and designers here to enable people to do meaningful things in their lives in community with their fellow human beings or are they here as an elaborate dopamine delivery system, basically drug dealers for users?’

‘NEVER ask permission to do your job correctly.’

'So please, drink rarely but when you do drink, drink irresponsibly. Have fun. Do stupid things. … I guarantee that Ollie Reed had far more fun in his life than you've had in yours.’

Interview with the RZA.

‘When striving for clear and concise articulation, in programming or in natural languages, try to express yourself with as few negations as possible.’

‘To paraphrase Eisenhower: Individual plans may not turn out to be helpful, but the act of planning is always indispensable.’ Don’t throw the design baby out with the bathwater because of the Agile proscription of Big Design Up Front. Design is useful, just don’t be constrained by it once development starts.

Addressing multiple problems with a single, simple, uniform solution, rather than by using lots of ad-hoc single-purpose code.

At least as believable as the real thing.

Calling shenanigans on a bullshit phrase.

‘It is time to reverse the prevailing notion that religious commitment is intrinsically deserving of respect’.

E.g. ‘either you think False Dilemma is the best fallacy, or you're a terrorist.’

Plato meets Tarantino.

All other religions are based on mythology.