tl;dr version: There are versions of this quote going back to the 70's, starting with one by artists Richard Serra & Carlota Fay Schoolman. But the modern incar

tl;dr version: There are versions of this quote going back to the 70's, starting with one by artists Richard Serra & Carlota Fay Schoolman. But the modern incarnation seems to have sprung from a comment on metafilter that became popularized when Tim O'Reilly tweeted it out (with attribution) in 2010. Here's the tweet: https://twitter.com/timoreilly/status/22823381903 https://twitter.com/timoreilly/status/22823381903 I thought it was interesting to see the history of this.