Donald Knuth, the perfectionist computer science professor and author, writes to his former Stanford boss, Condi Rice, on the subject of the war on terror. The content of the letter isn’t particularly interesting, but the fact that reasonable, otherwise occupied people find themselves in Knuth’s state of mind, is.
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3 responses so far ↓
1 Howard Berkey // Mar 20, 2007 at 1:03 am
The amazing thing is he wrote that in Sept. 2002.
2 Rafe // Mar 21, 2007 at 9:57 am
That’s what happens when you link to things you see on other blogs and assume that they’re current. I really try to avoid that.
3 Howard Berkey // Mar 22, 2007 at 1:50 am
Actually I think it makes it even more timely and poignant.
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