Life's Not Fair, Get Over It!

The Best Way To Prepare [to Be A Programmer] Is To Write Programs, And To Study Great Programs That Other People Have Written. In My Case, I Went To The Garbage Cans At The Computer Science Center And I Fished Out Listings Of Their Operating Systems.

Something Like Windows Is Still An Unbelievable Asset But Because The World Is Somewhat Phone-centric, It's An Asset That Has To Be Managed Very Carefully To Make Sure That It's Extended, And There Are Very Interesting Things That Are Being Done With That.

Software Substitution, Whether It's For Drivers Or Waiters Or Nurses ... It's Progressing. ... Technology Over Time Will Reduce Demand For Jobs, Particularly At The Lower End Of Skill Set. ... 20 Years From Now, Labor Demand For Lots Of Skill Sets Will Be Substantially Lower. I Don’t Think People Have That In Their Mental Model.

Today, We Take The Risk Of Nuclear War Quite Seriously, Climate Change Not So Much And Epidemics Least Of All. But No Single Country, Not Even The United States, Is Well Prepared. And Even If One Country Is Doing The Right Things To Protect Itself, It Has To Be A Global Thing.

Often You Just Have To Rely On Your Intuition.