There is no neat distinction between operating system software and the software that runs on top of it.
But the reality is we often become our kindest, most ethical selves only by seeing what it feels like to be a selfish jackass first.
You will learn a lot about yourself if you stretch in the direction of goodness, of bigness, of kindness, of forgiveness, of emotional bravery. Be a warrior for love.
Nobody's going to do your life for you. You have to do it yourself, whether you're rich or poor, out of money or raking it in, the beneficiary of ridiculous fortune or terrible injustice. And you have to do it no matter what is true. No matter what is hard. No matter what unjust, sad, sucky things befall you. Self-pity is a dead-end road. You make the choice to drive down it. It's up to you to decide to stay parked there or to turn around and drive out.
Don't surrender all your joy for an idea you used to have about yourself that isn't true anymore.
Whatever happens to you belongs to you. Make it yours. Feed it to yourself even if it feels impossible to swallow. Let it nurture you, because it will.
Don't worry. Don't apologize. Don't cower behind the defeated security of there is no 'room for someone like me'. There isn't room for any one of us. It's up to you to make a place for yourself in the world. So get to work.
I think dealing with the U. S. Senate is very different from dealing with the electorate.
I have never walked down Fifth Avenue alone without thinking of money.
Ptah? son of ptooey? What is he god of spitting? i asked
Basic research is like shooting an arrow in the air and, where it lands, painting a target.