The idea of trying to create things that last - forever knowledge - has guided my work for a long time now.
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The know-your-audience philosophy can be a big step down the road to pandering to the audience.Edward Tufte
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My idea here is that, inasmuch as certain cognitive tasks and principles are tied to nature's laws, these tasks and principles are indifferent to language, culture, gender, or the particular mode of information that is provided.
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