"Most of the time each person is immersed……" — Richard Hamming
"Most of the time each person is immersed in the details of one special part of the whole and does not think of how what they are doing relates to the larger picture. For example, in education, a teacher might say in the next class he was going to "explain Young's modulus and how to measure it," rather than, "I am going to educate the students and prepare them for their future careers"."
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33 Quotes by Richard Hamming
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