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Computers and computing are all around us. Some computing is highly visible, like your laptop. But this is only part of a computing iceberg. A lot more lies hidden below the surface. We don't see and usually don't think about the computers inside appliances, cars, airplanes, cameras, smartphones, GPS navigators and games.

~Brian Kernighan

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If you don't understand viruses, phishing, and similar threats, you become more susceptible to them. If you don't know how social networks leak information that you thought was private, you're likely to reveal much more than you realize.

~Brian Kernighan

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Technology is mostly a force for good, but it has its downsides, too. I want my students - and my readers - to be intelligently skeptical about technology and be informed about the good and the not-so-good parts.

~Brian Kernighan

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For better or worse, the people who become leaders and decision makers in politics, law and business are going to come from schools like Princeton.

~Brian Kernighan

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I seem to get totally wrapped up in teaching and working with students during the school year. During the summer, I try to spend time in the real world, writing code for therapy and perhaps for some useful purpose.

~Brian Kernighan

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I want students to understand specific technologies, but the real goal is that they should be able to reason about how systems work and be intelligently skeptical about technology so that, when they're running the world in a few years, they'll do a good job.

~Brian Kernighan

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It's important to be informed about issues like usability, reliability, security, privacy, and some of the inherent limitations of computers.

~Brian Kernighan

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Scientist

Born: January 1st, 1942

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