fugue *n.* 1. (mus.) A musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement 2. (psychol.) State of alteration of consciousness combined with an impulse to wander away from accustomed environment.
The corollary of constant change is ignorance. … we computer experts barely know what we are doing. We function well in a sea of unknowns. Our experience has prepared us to deal with confusion. A programmer who denies this is probably lying, or else is densely unaware of himself.
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