“Society can serve its citizens only to the extent that it knows them.” — David Marusek Citizen Copy Share Image
“Imagine - a thousand Eleanors ruling under a thousand suns.” — David Marusek Singularity Copy Share Image
“In a thousand years, Fred, no one will even know or care we existed.” — David Marusek Copy Share Image
“Capitalism was a marvel, as long as you were a capitalist.” — David Marusek Capitalism Copy Share Image
“And among the sleeping soldiers and colonists in the crypts lay one apart, a woman who had forgotten the meaning of life.” — David Marusek Life Copy Share Image
“Consciousness is the chronic pain of life, and all higher organisms suffer it every waking moment.” — David Marusek Copy Share Image
“Be they pharaohs or freeholders, barons or farmers, landowners have been the most capable, most intrepid, and most assertive members of civilized… — David Marusek Civilized society Copy Share Image
“The person who works for recognition devalues the work he does, that awards are first and foremost political instruments, that altruism's true… — David Marusek Altruism Copy Share Image
“Intelligence is not limited to neural networks, Merrill. Indeed, half of human intelligence resides in our bodies outside our skulls…The genius of… — David Marusek Copy Share Image
“What a mistake that had been, to create a construct [AI] that could suffer. He knew that now. Life, pain, death, they… — David Marusek Copy Share Image
“…I tell you that loneliness itself is the secret. It’s a secret you cannot tell anyone. Why? Because to confess your loneliness… — David Marusek Failure Copy Share Image
“Imagine, Bishop, that you have a beloved cat, but that your cat is not with you. If you close your eyes and… — David Marusek Copy Share Image
“When General Genius built the first mentar [Artificial Intelligence] mind in the last half of the twenty-first century, it based its design… — David Marusek Copy Share Image
“Why do we need so many people on Earth? I ask you. What are they good for? They live out ludicrous lives… — David Marusek Copy Share Image
“Evolution is largely a temporal phenomenon, Merrill. The environment changes, and populations in that environment change in turn, or they languish. Individual… — David Marusek Copy Share Image
“There's not much to say about loneliness, for it's not a broad subject. Any child, alone in her room, can journey across… — David Marusek Children Copy Share Image
“Merrill Meewee knew his stones. As a boy in Kenya, skipping stones was his favorite free-time activity. There had been an abundance… — David Marusek Copy Share Image
“The journey of a thousands suns begins today. Some may question whether the journey is worth the sacrifice and danger. To them… — David Marusek Copy Share Image
![“Intelligence is not limited to neural networks, Merrill. Indeed, half of human intelligence resides in our bodies outside our skulls…The genius of the irrational…This is the body’s intelligence, not the mind’s. Every living cell possess it…[the] indomitable will to survive.” quote by David Marusek](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/596/david-marusek-27635_ai_intelligence-is-not-limited-to-neural-ne_1172072.jpg)
![“What a mistake that had been, to create a construct [AI] that could suffer. He knew that now. Life, pain, death, they were no playthings. Biology was serious business, not for amateurs and foolish gods.” quote by David Marusek](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/88b/david-marusek-27635_ai_what-a-mistake-that-had-been-to-create-a_391274.jpg)
![“When General Genius built the first mentar [Artificial Intelligence] mind in the last half of the twenty-first century, it based its design on the only proven conscious material then known, namely, our brains. Specifically, the complex structure of our synaptic network. Scientists substituted an…” quote by David Marusek](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/9cb/david-marusek-27635_ai_when-general-genius-built-the-first-ment_2012723.jpg)
