A quote that resonates
Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them.
— Alfred North Whitehead, Source: An Introduction to Mathematics (1911), chapter 5, in the chapter on Symbolism. Note: From the chapter on symbolism, in a book about mathematics. He was making a point about not having to think.
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