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Kids Didn't Have Huge Backpacks When I Was Their Age. We Didn't Have Backpacks At All. Now It Seemed All The Kids Had Them. You Saw Little Second-graders Bent Over Like Sherpas, Dragging Themselves Through The School Doors Under The Weight Of Their Packs. Some Of The Kids Had Their Packs On Rollers, Hauling Them Like Luggage At The Airport. I Didn't Understand Any Of This. The World Was Becoming Digital; Everything Was Smaller And Lighter. But Kids At School Lugged More Weight Than Ever.

Nobody Dares To Solve The Problems-because The Solution Might Contradict Your Philosophy, And For Most People Clinging To Beliefs Is More Important Than Succeeding In The World.

Only Assholes Put A Nickname On Their Business Card.

Morality Must Keep Up With Technology Because If A Person Is Faced With The Choice Of Being Moral And Dead Or Immoral And Alive, They'll Choose Life Everytime.

At Forty, I Was Too Old To Work As A Programmer Myself Anymore; Writing Code Is A Young Person’s Job.