The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are read more

The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are initiated into the mysteries. Communication then is secondary: it is perpetuation which is important. For this only one good reader is necessary.

In physics, you don't have to go around making trouble for yourself - nature does it for you.

In physics, you don't have to go around making trouble for yourself - nature does it for you.

We have a habit in writing articles published in scientific journals to make the work as finished as possible, to read more

We have a habit in writing articles published in scientific journals to make the work as finished as possible, to cover up all the tracks, to not worry about the blind alleys or describe how you had the wrong idea at first, and so on. So there isn't any place to publish, in a dignified manner, what you actually did in order to get to do the work.

I used to think that cyberspace was fifty years away. What I thought was fifty years away, was only ten read more

I used to think that cyberspace was fifty years away. What I thought was fifty years away, was only ten years away. And what I thought was ten years away... it was already here. I just wasn't aware of it yet.

The best way to accelerate a Macintosh is at 9.8m sec sec.

The best way to accelerate a Macintosh is at 9.8m sec sec.

What is more difficult, to think of an encampment on the moon or of Harlem rebuilt? Both are now within read more

What is more difficult, to think of an encampment on the moon or of Harlem rebuilt? Both are now within the reach of our resources. Both now depend upon human decision and human will.

Polygraph tests are 20th-century witchcraft.

Polygraph tests are 20th-century witchcraft.

That thou seest, man, become too thou must; God, if thou seest God, dust, if thou seest dust.

That thou seest, man, become too thou must; God, if thou seest God, dust, if thou seest dust.

Technology is destructive only in the hands of people who do not realize that they are one and the same read more

Technology is destructive only in the hands of people who do not realize that they are one and the same process as the universe. -Alan Watts.