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		Stratoscope on Jan 30, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Dennis Ritchie Home Page (2006) > People always underestimate the impact of decades, and overestimate the impact of years. Sometimes cited as Gates' Law, and also attributed to Arthur C. Clarke, Tony Robbins, or Peter Drucker. But they may have all gotten the idea from Roy Amara. https://fs.blog/gates-law/

sillysaurusx on Jan 30, 2022 [–]

Thank you! I’d always wondered if it was a Gates original, and what the history was.

Stratoscope on Jan 30, 2022 | [–]

It reminds me of the famous Steve Jobs quote, "Good artists borrow, great artists steal."

Apparently Steve stole that quote from Pablo Picasso, who borrowed it from Igor Stravinsky, who lifted it from T.S. Eliot.

https://www.uvu.edu/arts/applause/posts/stealing.html

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