Similarly for marking exercises, quantitative exercises, maybe not so much in mathematics, but certainly problem sets in physics, chemistry, and engineering and things like that where answers and methods are clear cut, absolutely. I would like to see that done… — David Gelernter Copy Share Image
I think the universities as we know them will be dead in a future years. I'd like to see them replaced by something better, instead of something worse, and it's not clear which way it will go. — David Gelernter Copy Share Image
At the same time, on the networks, there are thousands of groups that are building lifestreams, or lifestreaming for themselves in their own way.… — David Gelernter Copy Share Image
Beauty is more important in computing than anywhere else in technology because software is so complicated. Beauty is the ultimate defense against complexity. — David Gelernter Copy Share Image
readable text and authority so that readers know how to spend - no matter how much information there is, I have the same number… — David Gelernter Copy Share Image
The best computer scientists are...technologists who crave beauty. — David Gelernter Copy Share Image
Beauty is more important in computing than anywhere else in technology because software is so complicated. Beauty is the ultimate defense against complexity. ...… — David Gelernter Copy Share Image
Similarly for marking exercises, quantitative exercises, maybe not so much in mathematics, but certainly problem sets in physics, chemistry, and engineering and things like… — David Gelernter Copy Share Image
The "paperless office" is a bad idea because paper is one of the most useful and valuable media ever invented. "On paper" is a… — David Gelernter Copy Share Image
The first step is always to succeed in becoming surprised - to notice that there is something funny going on. — David Gelernter Copy Share Image
“Discouragement is a moral state, a failure of heart; you treat it by taking courage, not Prozac.” — David Gelernter Copy Share Image
If this is the information age, what are we so well-informed about? — David Gelernter Copy Share Image
While we bemoan the decline of literacy, computers discount words in favor of pictures and pictures in favor of video. While we fret about… — David Gelernter Copy Share Image
