William James at CERN (1995)(bactra.org)

25 points by benbreen 1 year ago | 4 comments

William Gibson Reads Neuromancer (2004)(bearcave.com)

295 points by exvi 1 year ago | 84 comments

Multics Emacs: the history, design, and implementation (1979)(multicians.org)

24 points by fanf2 2 years ago | 0 comments

A Good Lemma Is Worth a Thousand Theorems (2007)(sites.math.rutgers.edu)

75 points by susam 5 months ago | 13 comments

Feynman: I am burned out and I'll never accomplish anything (1985)(asc.ohio-state.edu)

341 points by ent101 2 years ago | 136 comments

Excerpt from "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman" where Feynman recounts recovering from burnout by playing with physics, starting with a wobbling plate.

Second Thoughts on James Burnham (1946)(orwell.ru)

25 points by allthebest 3 years ago | 5 comments