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In the mind's eye, a fractal is a way of seeing infinity.
James Gleick
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James Gleick
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: August 1
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Life sucks order from a sea of disorder.
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The quotation-business is booming. No subdivision of the culture seems too narrow to have a quotation book of its own.... It would be an understatement to say that these books lean on one another. To compare them is to stroll through a glorious jungle of incestuous mutual plagiarism.
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Vengeful conquerors burn books as if the enemy's souls reside there, too.
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Google is where we go for answers. People used to go elsewhere or, more likely, stagger along not knowing.
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