Book Quote by David Gelernter

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

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

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

The best computer scientists are...technologists who crave beauty.

— David Gelernter

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

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

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

The first step is always to succeed in becoming surprised - to notice that there is something funny going on.

— David Gelernter

“Discouragement is a moral state, a failure of heart; you treat it by taking courage, not Prozac.”

— David Gelernter

If this is the information age, what are we so well-informed about?

— David Gelernter

Good programmers know what's beautiful and bad ones don't.

— David Gelernter

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