I remember the first time I implemented the A* path-finding algorithm
I was so happy. So proud. So fascinated.
This kind of small exercise fueled my passion for learning about Computer Science.
Now...
Abstraction probably always has this effect.
'Civilization is an enormous device for economizing on knowledge. The time and effort (including costly mistakes) necessary to acquire knowledge are minimized through specialization, which is to say through drastic limitations on the amount of duplication of knowledge among the members of society.
The huge costs saved by not having to duplicate given knowledge and experience widely through the population makes possible the higher development of that knowledge among the various subsets of people in the respective specialties.'
Sowell, Thomas. Knowledge And Decisions (pp. 7-8).
'Civilization is an enormous device for economizing on knowledge. The time and effort (including costly mistakes) necessary to acquire knowledge are minimized through specialization, which is to say through drastic limitations on the amount of duplication of knowledge among the members of society.
The huge costs saved by not having to duplicate given knowledge and experience widely through the population makes possible the higher development of that knowledge among the various subsets of people in the respective specialties.'
Sowell, Thomas. Knowledge And Decisions (pp. 7-8).
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