paranoia isn’t just a psychological problem, it’s a protective mechanism

it’s better to be judged by 12 of your peers than carried by 6

Things are rarely just crazy enough to work, but they’re frequently just crazy enough to fail hilariously.
xkcd.com

on bureaucracy

The problem is that we don’t want to trust people in authority to make decisions, so we come up with a process or committee or something to ensure that one person can’t make the hard decisions. But time and time again, it’s shown that if no one can make hard decisions, no one will.

User Xylaan on slashdot

On the pursuit of personal vision

Learn from Everyone
Follow No One
Watch for Patterns
Work like Hell

Scott McCloud