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In the Middle Ages people built cathedrals, where the whole town would get together and make a thing that's greater than any individual person could do and the society would kind of revel in that. We don't do that as much anymore, but in a sense this is kind of like building a cathedral.
Hal Abelson— "Auditing Classes at M.I.T.", New York Times Interview (p. 1)
If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my shoulders.
Hal Abelson— Source: Public Knowledge - Hal Abelson; also quoted in Vortex dynamics in thin films of amorphous Mo77Ge23, 1998, p. 6Abelson attributes this thought to his Princeton roommate Jeff Goll
Applicants must also have extensive knowledge of Unix, although they should have sufficiently good programming taste to not consider this an achievement
Hal Abelson— Source: anusf.anu.edu.au - MIT job advertisement
In the Middle Ages people built cathedrals, where the whole town would get together and make a thing that's greater than any individual person could do and the society would kind of revel in that. We don't do that as much anymore, but in a sense this is kind of like building a cathedral.
Hal Abelson— Auditing Classes at M.I.T. New York Times Interview (p. 1)
Anything which uses science as part of its name isn't: political science, creation science, computer science.
Hal Abelson— Source: The Nature of Belief
"What’s important is not just to develop the technology; it’s to develop the processes."
Hal Abelson— Source: mitcet
"Universities are meant to pass the torch of civilization."
Hal Abelson— Source: MIT's maverick view of intellectual property worth considering
"It is not that there is some magic technology. It is what are you going to do with it?"
Hal Abelson— Source: mitcet
