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.

The cloning of humans is on most of the lists of things to worry about from Science, along with behaviour read more

The cloning of humans is on most of the lists of things to worry about from Science, along with behaviour control, genetic engineering, transplanted heads, computer poetry and the unrestrained growth of plastic flowers.

The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder.

The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder.

An error is the more dangerous the more truth it contains.

An error is the more dangerous the more truth it contains.

Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.

Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.

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.

I think complexity is mostly sort of crummy stuff that is there because it's too expensive to change the interface.

I think complexity is mostly sort of crummy stuff that is there because it's too expensive to change the interface.

It doesn't matter how new an idea is: what matters is how new it becomes.

It doesn't matter how new an idea is: what matters is how new it becomes.

Hardware: the parts of a computer that can be kicked.

Hardware: the parts of a computer that can be kicked.