11. “ [Tools] constitute a kind of
language for the society that
employs them, a language of
social action.
- J O S EP H W E I Z EN B AU M , A UT H O R + PR O F ESS O R
12. “ Why can’t I manipulate the
features found on software
applications?
13. “ Why can’t I manipulate the
features found on software
applications?
If I could, what would I change,
and how would that affect what
I do with computing devices?
14. “ Why can’t I see how abstract
numbers are physically manifest
inside computing devices?
15. “ Why can’t I see how abstract
numbers are physically manifest
inside computing devices?
If I could, can I measure them
and have a reference for
understanding what they are?
17. “ Why can’t I move my software
tools around?
If I could, where would I move
them to, and how would this
change the nature of the digital
artifacts I make?
19. “ Why can’t I see how software
tools work?
If I could, what would I learn
from them, and how would this
knowledge change my
undersatnding of computation?
20. “ Why can’t I modify files to fit
into any application?
21. “ Why can’t I modify files to fit
into any application?
If I could, how would this affect
how I choose what information to
acquire and what tools to buy?
22. “ Why can’t I see what digital texts
or images are made of?
23. “ Why can’t I see what digital texts
or images are made of?
If I could, how would my
understanding of information
change?
24. “ Why aren’t the verbs I use every
day the same as the verbs I use
in software?
25. “ Why aren’t the verbs I use every
day the same as the verbs I use
in software?
If they were, how would my
understanding of computation
change?
26. “ Why can’t I sense signs of
problem before they happen on
computing devices?
27. “ Why can’t I sense signs of
problem before they happen on
computing devices?
If I could, how would it change
the way I make make choices
on how I act?
28. “ Why can’t I perceive the bits,
bytes, and the processes?
29. “ Why can’t I perceive the bits, the
bytes, and the processes?
If I could, how would it change
my relationship to information
and computation?
30. “ Why can’t I explain myself
to these artificially intelligent
entities?
31. “ Why can’t I explain myself
to these artificially intelligent
entities?
If I could, how would it affect
my relationship with artificial
intelligence?
32. “ Why can’t I have moments of
quiet time on the Web?
33. “ Why can’t I have moments of
quiet time on the Web?
If I could, how would it affect
how I learn and seek new
knowledge?
34. “ Why aren’t there more child
prodigies building innovative
software?
35. “ Why aren’t there more child
prodigies building innovative
software?
If there were, how would it
change the future of computing?
36. “ All differences in this world are
of degree, and not of kind,
because oneness is the secret
of everything.
- S WA MI VIVE KANANDA , GURU
47. “ Everyone designs who devises
courses of action aimed at
changing existing situations into
preferred ones.
- H E R B ER T S IM ON , S OCIA L S CIE N TI S T + PSYCHOLOGIS T
48. “ The most fun happens in music when
you're not doing it, when the music
plays itself. Why is this night different
than all other nights? Why is music
different from anything else in life?
When we let things flow, joy happens.
- E D DIE DAN I EL S , JA ZZ CLA RINE T PL AY ER
49. “ At the moment the body loses balance
and the center of gravity is lost, all
action is made impossible, for all our
forceful actions are possible only in a
stabilized posture.
- KE NJ I TOMI KI , FOUN DE R OF SH ODOKA N
50. “ [Becoming healthy] begins with
understanding the body and how it is
supposed to be working. It continues
with the application of what is learned
on a consistent basis.
- B YRON J . RICH ARDS , CRITICA L CA RE NURSE
51. “ Writing is a tool of transformation and
can shine the light on the inside,
dispelling darkness, taking us through
external layers, bringing us closer to
our souls.
- H ILLARY CARL IP , AUTHOR + PE RFORMER
52. “ What I strive most to achieve in art is to
make you forget the material. The
sculptor must... communicate whatever
struck his sensibility, so that a person
beholding his work may experience in
its entirety the emotion felt by the artist
while he observed nature.
- M E DA RDO ROSS O , S CULPTOR
