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Democracia

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La democracia sustituye el nombramiento hecho por una minoría corrompida, por la elección hecha merced a una mayoría incompetente.

— George Bernard Shaw

Democracia

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La democracia es el proceso que garantiza que no seamos gobernados
mejor de lo que nos merecemos.

— George Bernard Shaw

Design of the Internet

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Let’s stop to think about what would happen if we really were going to redesign the Net. Law enforcement would show up with their requests. Copyright owners would want consideration. ISPs would want some concessions, and broadcasters. The FCC would show up with an anti-indecency strategy. We’d see an endless parade of lawyers and lobbyists. Would the engineers even be allowed in the room?

The original design of the Internet escaped this fate because nobody thought it mattered. The engineers were left alone while everyone else argued about things that seemed more important. That’s a lucky break that won’t be repeated.

— Ed Felten

Under Control

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If everything is under control, you are going too slow.

— Mario Andretti

Statistics

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There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.

— Disraeli

Writing

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The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think.

— Edwin Schlossberg

Clarke's three laws

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  • When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
  • The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.
  • Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
  • — Arthur C. Clarke

    Simplicity

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    Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.

    — Albert Einstein

    Involvement

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    Tell me and I will forget. Show me and I may remember. Involve me and I will understand.

    — Confucius

    Gandhicon

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    First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

    — Mohandas Karamchand "Mahatma" Gandhi