As the financial experts all over the world use machines to unwind Gordian knots of financial arrangements so complex that only machines can make - 'derive' - and trade them, we have to wonder: Are we living in a bad… — Richard Dooling Copy Share Image
The most interesting character to me is someone who is stuck in the no man's land between Belief and Unbelief, Faith and Faithlessness. I'm… — Richard Dooling Copy Share
As the financial experts all over the world use machines to unwind Gordian knots of financial arrangements so complex that only machines can make… — Richard Dooling Copy Share
Why can't you summon a command line and search your real-world home for 'Honda car keys,' and specify rooms in your house to search… — Richard Dooling Copy Share
Let's take care of mothers and infants first, and then let's see what's left over for everybody over 50. I'm over 50. If I… — Richard Dooling Copy Share
I always wanted to be a writer... 'Critical Care' was my first published work. I was 34 when it came out. I was accumulating… — Richard Dooling Copy Share
Deep down I knew that if Hell existed, it was a real place full of ruthless, venal people, like the commodity pits at the… — Richard Dooling Copy Share
Man is a fire-stealing animal, and we can't help building machines and machine intelligences, even if, from time to time, we use them not… — Richard Dooling Copy Share
Making money, it seems, is all about the velocity of moving it around, so that it can exist in Hong Kong one moment and… — Richard Dooling Copy Share
I begin every novel with the vow that I will not write about technology, Catholicism, or Hell. As you know, I end up writing… — Richard Dooling Copy Share
As a society, we pick words that are offensive based on what we're most afraid of. We associate sounds with some dangerous idea, and… — Richard Dooling Copy Share
Criminal court is where bad people are on their best behavior. It's much more dangerous for lawyers and judges in family court, where good… — Richard Dooling Copy Share
The first thing I became interested in in terms of 'Brain Storm' was neuroscience, and that is like saying you're interested in the universe.… — Richard Dooling Copy Share
At times, we forget the magnitude of the havoc we can wreak by off-loading our minds onto super-intelligent machines, that is, until they run… — Richard Dooling Copy Share
I don't think people should be able to swear whenever they want. I just don't want the federal government making laws about swearing. We… — Richard Dooling Copy Share
I'm always working. I don't really set limits. I tend to go in bursts. And in between, I'm doing my taxes, answering the phone,… — Richard Dooling Copy Share
