I don't have a problem with someone using their talents to become successful, I just don't think the highest calling is success. Things like freedom and the expansion of knowledge are beyond success, beyond the personal. Personal success is not wrong, but it is limited in importance, and once you have enough of it it is a shame to keep striving for that, instead of for truth, beauty, or justice.
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People get the government their behavior deserves. People deserve better than that.
Permalink to quote #3 I could have made money this way, and perhaps amused myself writing code. But I knew that at the end of my career, I would look back on years of building walls…
Permalink to quote #5 Geeks like to think that they can ignore politics, you can leave politics alone, but politics won't leave you alone.
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