The most important computer is the one that rages in our skulls and ever seeks that satisfactory external emulator. The standarization of real computers would be a disaster - and so it probably won't happen.
The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true.
我非常爱花,以至于我想亲吻它们,但我知道如果我这样做,它们会枯萎死亡。
信じることは、時には怖いことだ。
事实是,我们都能够做出可怕的事情。但我们也能表现出极大的善意。
The first step in liquidating a people is to erase its memory. Destroy its books, its culture, its history. Then have somebody write new books, manufacture a new culture, invent a new history. Before long the nation will begin to forget what it is and what it was.