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That’s called consequentialism, by the way, it means that whether an act is right or wrong isn’t determined by whether it looks bad, or mean, or anything like that, the only question is how it will turn out in the end—what are the consequences.
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
Eliezer Yudkowsky
The most valuable knowledge is always discovered last: but the most valuable knowledge consists of methods.
The Will to Power
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
We delighted in forcing bigger, slower competitors to follow us over difficult ground. Like guerillas, startups prefer the difficult terrain of the mountains, where the troops of the central government can’t follow. I can remember times when we were just exhausted after wrestling all day with some horrible technical problem. And I’d be delighted, because something that was hard for us would be impossible for our competitors.
Hackers & Painters - Big Ideas From the Computer Age
Paul Graham
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