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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dooling/as-the-financial-experts-all-over-the-world-use-machines-to-unwind/)

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## Other authors on Default Swaps

## More by Richard Dooling

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dooling/the-most-interesting-character-to-me-is-someone-who-is-stuck-in-the/)

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> [As the financial experts all over the world use machines to unwind Gordian knots of financial arrangements so complex that only machines can make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dooling/as-the-financial-experts-all-over-the-world-use-machines-to-unwind/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dooling/why-can-t-you-summon-a-command-line-and-search-your-real-world-home/)

[Richard Dooling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dooling/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dooling/let-s-take-care-of-mothers-and-infants-first-and-then-let-s-see-what/)

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> [I always wanted to be a writer... 'Critical Care' was my first published work. I was 34 when it came out. I was accumulating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dooling/i-always-wanted-to-be-a-writer-critical-care-was-my-first-published/)

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> [Deep down I knew that if Hell existed, it was a real place full of ruthless, venal people, like the commodity pits at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dooling/deep-down-i-knew-that-if-hell-existed-it-was-a-real-place-full-of/)

[Richard Dooling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dooling/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dooling/man-is-a-fire-stealing-animal-and-we-can-t-help-building-machines-and/)

[Richard Dooling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dooling/)

> [Making money, it seems, is all about the velocity of moving it around, so that it can exist in Hong Kong one moment and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dooling/making-money-it-seems-is-all-about-the-velocity-of-moving-it-around/)

[Richard Dooling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dooling/)

> [I begin every novel with the vow that I will not write about technology, Catholicism, or Hell. As you know, I end up writing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dooling/i-begin-every-novel-with-the-vow-that-i-will-not-write-about/)

[Richard Dooling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dooling/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dooling/as-a-society-we-pick-words-that-are-offensive-based-on-what-we-re/)

[Richard Dooling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dooling/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dooling/criminal-court-is-where-bad-people-are-on-their-best-behavior-it-s/)

[Richard Dooling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dooling/)

> [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dooling/the-first-thing-i-became-interested-in-in-terms-of-brain-storm-was/)

[Richard Dooling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dooling/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dooling/at-times-we-forget-the-magnitude-of-the-havoc-we-can-wreak-by-off/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dooling/i-don-t-think-people-should-be-able-to-swear-whenever-they-want-i/)

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> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dooling/i-m-always-working-i-don-t-really-set-limits-i-tend-to-go-in-bursts/)

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