The proper study of mankind is the science of design. – Herbert Simon
There are no morals about technology at all. Technology expands our ways of thinking about things, expands our ways of doing things. If were bad people we use technology for bad purposes and if were good people we use it for good purposes. – Herbert Simon
I dont care how big and fast computers are, theyre not as big and fast as the world. – Herbert Simon
Engineering, medicine, business, architecture and painting are concerned not with the necessary but with the contingent – not with how things are but with how they might be – in short, with design. – Herbert Simon
Leon Theremins original designs are elegant, ingenious and effective. As electronics goes, the theremin is very simple. But there are so many subtleties hidden in the details of the design. Its like a great sonnet, or a painting, or a speech, that is perfectly done on more than one level. – Robert Moog