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The consequences of things are not always proportionate to the apparent magnitude of those events that have produced them. Thus read more
The consequences of things are not always proportionate to the apparent magnitude of those events that have produced them. Thus the American Revolution, from which little was expected, produced much; but the French Revolution, from which much was expected, produced little.
Form follows function. - "Lippincott's Magazine", March, 1896.
Form follows function. - "Lippincott's Magazine", March, 1896.
Before we work on artificial intelligence why don't we do something about natural stupidity?
Before we work on artificial intelligence why don't we do something about natural stupidity?
I got the bill for my surgery. Now I know what those doctors were wearing masks for.
I got the bill for my surgery. Now I know what those doctors were wearing masks for.
Since the invention of the microprocessor, the cost of moving a byte of information around has fallen on the order read more
Since the invention of the microprocessor, the cost of moving a byte of information around has fallen on the order of 10-million-fold. Never before in the human history has any product or service gotten 10 million times cheaper-much less in the course of a couple decades. That's as if a 747 plane, once at $150 million a piece, could now be bought for about the price of a large pizza.
It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day's toil of any human being.
It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day's toil of any human being.
Ideas are fatal to caste.
Ideas are fatal to caste.
The way to do research is to attack the facts at the point of greatest astonishment.
The way to do research is to attack the facts at the point of greatest astonishment.
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.
