Down to the present day...

I have met designers who make believe that the histogram is their sole invention, or that they can make complex dynamical systems converge nicely by wishful thinking alone. I have also worked with experienced professionals who sensitively integrate brand concepts, technological potential, and creative thinking.

I have met academics who make believe the world outside the ivory tower has to coincide with their theories. I have also had the chance to work with scholars who are not only knowledgeable and arrogant but also interested in the actual ways of human life.

I have met technologists who make believe that they can engineer a human brain. I have also designed and developed systems with people who claim that we are not there yet and that silicon is not what love is made of.

I have met people who shut their systems down at 5:00 PM. I have also worked with people who hardly ever reboot their machines and hardly ever sleep themselves.

I have learned from them all.