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I was a rebellious adolescent. It was the '60s. Everyone was rebellious. I hated high school.

~George Dyson

Topics: Adolescent Everyone Hated High High School Rebellious School

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History is one of the only fields where contributions by amateurs are taken seriously, providing you follow the rules and document your sources. In history, it's what you write, not what your credentials are.

~George Dyson

Topics: Amateur Contributions Credentials Document Fields Follow History Only Providing Rules Seriously Sources Taken Where Write You Your

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It doesn't cost anything to replicate code. So the companies that make code, that's why they've done so well. We take it for granted now, but why is it that code is free? It's because somebody built this self-replicating process.

~George Dyson

Topics: Anything Because Built Code Companies Cost Done Free Granted Make Now Process Replicate Somebody Take Well Why

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Alan Turing gave us a mathematical model of digital computing that has completely withstood the test of time. He gave us a very, very clear description that was truly prophetic.

~George Dyson

Topics: Alan Clear Computing Description Digital Gave He Mathematical Model Prophetic Test Time Truly Us Very

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Historian

Born: Unknown

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