The society of dead authors has this advantage over that of the living: they never flatter us to our faces nor slander us behind our backs nor intrude upon our privacy nor quit their shelves until we take them down.
Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into...
The whole system of society tells you what to do.
As a rule software systems do not work well until they have been used and have failed repeatedly in real applications.
