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“One might say the computer is being used to program the child. In my vision, the child programs the computer, and in doing so, both acquires a sense of mastery over a piece of the most modern and powerful technology and establishes an intense contact with some of the deepest ideas from science, from mathematics, and from the art of intellectual model building.”
Source : "Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas". Book by Seymour Papert, 1980.
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“Internal protectionism in Europe would be deadly, really a disaster for European economies.”
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“When I look back on my childhood, I think of that short time in Beirut. I know that seeing the city collapse around me forced me to grasp something many people miss: the fragility of peace.”
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“A poem is a window that hangs between two or more human beings who otherwise live in darkened rooms.”
Source : "Best Words, Best Order: Essays on Poetry". Book by Stephen Dobyns, www.huffingtonpost.com. 1996.
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“The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority.”
Source : Stanley Milgram (2017). “Obedience to Authority”, p.8, HarperCollins
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“BERTRAND RUSSELL, The Philosophy of Logical Atomism We've associated that word philosophy with academic study that in its own way has gotten so far beyond the layman that if you read contemporary philosophy you've no clue, because it's almost become math. And it's odd that if you don't do that and you call yourself a philosopher that you always get 'homespun' attached to it.”
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“Run your own race at an even pace. Consider the course, the temperature, the weather, and most importantly, your current level of fitness.”
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“Big data is at the foundation of all of the megatrends that are happening today, from social to mobile to the cloud to gaming.”