I loved the Dirac quote of “even a subatomic particle interferes with itself”. But where did he say this? I hunted for a source and was only able to find a slightly different wording: “each photon interferes only with itself” which I found mentioned in regard to the double-slit experiment. Can you tell us more? Your version sounds so much more intriguing!
This is the problem with keeping notebooks over three decades. I'll search for it, but it may have been a rewritten version of the quote you found.
On the positive side, perhaps we can view this as an endorsement of the oral tradition - things are polished and chosen through a collective repetition. I've always liked the way that our greatest writer, Shakespeare, only exists through the recollections of actors often years later. There is no original Shakespeare.
But accuracy is its own need, particularly in these fact-challenged times. I was going to mention Oscar Wilde's quote about the death of little Nell in The Old Curiosity Shop. It turned out that the first reference is 30 years after he died, someone recalled him saying it. Not good enough.
The Dirac quote in the footnotes, about pulling a flower, is also good.
Silicon Valley has two barbell archetypes - relentless salesman and near-autistic mastermind.
The valley reflects this dynamic on steroids. Most of my clients were small architectural, engineering or construction firms. The successful ones always had a glad handlings sales guy/gal and a genius misanthrope back at the office.
Love the new name, but the old one is still at the top of my screen and in my inbox.
Urg. The little robot lied. Any tips on how to change it every place most welcome.
Got it. Turns out the title is called a "Wordmark."
Ta-da!
I loved the Dirac quote of “even a subatomic particle interferes with itself”. But where did he say this? I hunted for a source and was only able to find a slightly different wording: “each photon interferes only with itself” which I found mentioned in regard to the double-slit experiment. Can you tell us more? Your version sounds so much more intriguing!
This is the problem with keeping notebooks over three decades. I'll search for it, but it may have been a rewritten version of the quote you found.
On the positive side, perhaps we can view this as an endorsement of the oral tradition - things are polished and chosen through a collective repetition. I've always liked the way that our greatest writer, Shakespeare, only exists through the recollections of actors often years later. There is no original Shakespeare.
But accuracy is its own need, particularly in these fact-challenged times. I was going to mention Oscar Wilde's quote about the death of little Nell in The Old Curiosity Shop. It turned out that the first reference is 30 years after he died, someone recalled him saying it. Not good enough.
The Dirac quote in the footnotes, about pulling a flower, is also good.
Silicon Valley has two barbell archetypes - relentless salesman and near-autistic mastermind.
The valley reflects this dynamic on steroids. Most of my clients were small architectural, engineering or construction firms. The successful ones always had a glad handlings sales guy/gal and a genius misanthrope back at the office.
Yep. Bill Hewlett and David Packard, Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak...