What I got from it: - model time explicitly - build computer systems to work at a galactic scale - know that reality is distinct from your mental models ("the m

What I got from it: - model time explicitly - build computer systems to work at a galactic scale - know that reality is distinct from your mental models ("the map is not the territory") and you will see the present more clearly. The essence of comedy, science, and art involves changing the models through which we view the world.