Peter Beck says
“Archimedes is the boringest engine that we can build in a lot of sense.”
This quote is part of:
“There’s a tremendous bias against taking risks. Everyone is trying to optimize their ass-covering.”
“Most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a day - and overestimate what they can accomplish in a year.”
“I wish the country had fewer lawyers and more engineers.”
“If you give people tools, and they use their natural abilities and their curiosity, they will develop things in ways that will surprise you very much beyond what you might have expected.”