"A person’s success in life is determined by having a high minimum, not a high maximum. If you can do something really well but there are other things at which you’re failing, the latter will hold you back. But if almost everything you do is up there, then you’ve got a good life." This is a beautiful piece on Donald Knuth by Susan D'Agostino via Quanta Magazine The Computer Scientist Who Can’t Stop Telling Stories …see more