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> [“Just because your electronics are better than ours, you aren't necessarily superior in any way. Look, imagine that you humans are a man in LA with a brand-new Trujillo and we are a nuhp in New York with a beat-up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-alec-effinger/just-because-your-electronics-are-better-than-ours-you-aren-t/)

[George Alec Effinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-alec-effinger/)

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## More by George Alec Effinger

> [I figured if Allah had wanted us up that early, He wouldn't have invented noon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-alec-effinger/i-figured-if-allah-had-wanted-us-up-that-early-he-wouldn-t-have/)

[George Alec Effinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-alec-effinger/)

> [Various Horsemen are abroad, doing their various Apocalyptic things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-alec-effinger/various-horsemen-are-abroad-doing-their-various-apocalyptic-things/)

[George Alec Effinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-alec-effinger/)

> [“He had enough troubles, he thought, without inventing new ones for the future. He was middling lost, starving, and with an excellent chance of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-alec-effinger/he-had-enough-troubles-he-thought-without-inventing-new-ones-for-the/)

[George Alec Effinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-alec-effinger/)

> [I looked at myself in the mirror. I looked awful, but I always look awful in the mirror. I keep myself going with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-alec-effinger/i-looked-at-myself-in-the-mirror-i-looked-awful-but-i-always-look/)

[George Alec Effinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-alec-effinger/)

> [“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from doubletalk.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-alec-effinger/any-sufficiently-advanced-technology-is-indistinguishable-from/)

[George Alec Effinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-alec-effinger/)

> [Premature burial works just fine as a cure for adolescence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-alec-effinger/premature-burial-works-just-fine-as-a-cure-for-adolescence/)

[George Alec Effinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-alec-effinger/)

> [“Madness, by the life of the Prophet! Audran felt as if he were peering through a narrow tunnel, seeing the world with Abu Adil's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-alec-effinger/madness-by-the-life-of-the-prophet-audran-felt-as-if-he-were-peering/)

[George Alec Effinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-alec-effinger/)

> [“Just because your electronics are better than ours, you aren't necessarily superior in any way. Look, imagine that you humans are a man in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-alec-effinger/just-because-your-electronics-are-better-than-ours-you-aren-t/)

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