Elon Musk's Commencement Speech

Yuval Harari: "Techno-Religions and Silicon Prophets"

Yuval Harari: "Techno-Religions and Silicon Prophets" | Talks at Google 

Techno-Religions and Silicon Prophets: Will the 21st century be shaped by hi-tech gurus or by religious zealots – or are they the same thing?

For Good

Idina Menzel Lyrics

"For Good"
(feat. Kristin Chenoweth)
(from "Wicked" soundtrack)

[Elphaba:]
I'm limited.
Just look at me.
I'm limited.
And just look at you.
You can do all I couldn't do.
Glinda...
So now it's up to you,
For both of us.
Now it's up to you.

[Glinda:]
I've heard it said,
That people come into our lives for a reason
Bringing something we must learn.

And we are led to those
Who help us most to grow if we let them.
And we help them in return.

Well, I don't know if I believe that's true
But I know I'm who I am today
Because I knew you.

Like a comet pulled from orbit as it passes the sun,
Like a stream that meets a boulder halfway through the wood.

Who can say if I've been changed for the better
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good.

[Elphaba:]
It well may be
That we will never meet again in this lifetime.
So, let me say before we part:

So much of me
Is made of what I learned from you.
You'll be with me like a handprint on my heart.

And now whatever way our stories end
I know you have rewritten mine by being my friend.

Like a ship blown from its mooring by a wind off the sea.
Like a seed dropped by a sky bird in a distant wood.

Who can say if I've been changed for the better
But because I knew you...

[Glinda:]
Because I knew you...

[Both:]
I have been changed for good.

[Elphaba:]
And just to clear the air
I ask forgiveness
For the things I've done,
You blame me for.

[Glinda:]
But then I guess,
We know there's blame to share.

[Both:]
And none of it seems to matter anymore.

Like a comet pulled from orbit
(Like a ship blown from its mooring)
As it passes the sun.
(By a wind off the sea)
Like a stream that meets a boulder
(Like a seed dropped by a bird)
Halfway through the wood.
(In the wood)

Who can say if I've been changed for the better.
I do believe I have been changed for the better.

[Glinda:]
And because I knew you...

[Elphaba:]
Because I knew you...

[Both:]
Because I knew you
I have been changed...
For good.

Key to Success

"Success is the progress realization of a worthy ideal."
"We become what we think about".
"Believe and succeed."

Programming as Performance (2)

"...Music start to help us engage broader audiences and beyond. That's not to say that we should all be doing music. That's just one of many things we could be doing. But when we start using computer languages to represent our own humanity, our own ideas, then we are going to engage broader audiences. We are going to get more people involved and enjoy programming."

Thoughts on humanity, fame and love

"There were the books of knowledge that you might read, then go ahead and impart your knowledge through innovation, through creativity, through technology, but mankind will never be the wiser about its future, unless it is coupled with the sense of love and compassion for their fellow beings. The two and half alphabets which form the word prem, which means love, if you are able to understand and practice it, that itself is enough to enlighten mankind."

Programming, Arts and Humanities

Exploratory Programming for the Arts and Humanities, by Nick Mortfort
Computer Science Paper Generator

Program or be programmed

Douglas Rushkoff: "Program or Be Programmed" | Talks at Google

How we can find ourselves in data

Nationalism vs. Globalism: the New Political Divide

Grady Booch: Enjoy the beauty of what you're doing but also take responsibility!

My daughter, my wife, our robot, and the quest for immortality