爱是一切问题的答案。
Love is the answer to everything.
我们正在用信息淹没人们。我们需要通过处理器来筛选它。人类必须将信息转化为智慧或知识。我们往往忘记了,没有计算机会提出一个新问题。
"Every book is a mirror, and every reader sees a different reflection."
We are at a unique stage in our history. Never before have we had such an awareness of what we are doing to the planet, and never before have we had the power to do something about it.
"The world is a game, but the rules are unfair."
在那样的年纪,我会找任何借口做些估测或者小算术。我会计算油耗还有杂货花销等鸡毛蒜皮的小事。我听过一个有关吸烟的广告。我记不得细节了,但是广告大意是说,每吸一口香烟会减少几分钟的寿命,大概是两分钟。无论如何,我决定为祖母做个算术。我估测了祖母每天要吸几支香烟,每支香烟要吸几口等等,然后心满意足地得出了一个合理的数字。接着,我捅了捅坐在前面的祖母的头,又拍了拍她的肩膀,然后骄傲地宣称,"每天吸两分钟的烟,你就少活九年!"
现代科学管理中最突出的单一要素是任务理念。每个工人的工作都由管理层至少提前一天完全计划好,并且在大多数情况下,每个人都会收到完整的书面指示,详细描述他要完成的任务。
The first erroneous assumption is that quality means goodness, or luxury, or shininess, or weight. Quality means conformance to requirements.