“It would be an idyllic tropical paradise if not for the malaria, the insects, the constant diarrhea and resulting hemorrhoids, and the… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
“Ronald Reagan has a stack of three-by-five cards in his lap. He skids up a new one: "What advice do you, as… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
“A hive mind is a social organization of RISTs that are capable of processing semantic memes ("thinking"). These could be either carbon-based… — Neil Stephenson Copy Share Image
“Unless you are as smart as Johann Karl Friedrich Gauss, savvy as a half-blind Calcutta bootblack, tough as General William Tecumseh Sherman,… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
