“Imagine, Bishop, that you have a beloved cat, but that your cat is not with you. If you close your eyes and… — David Marusek AI 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 Ais 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 AI Copy Share Image
“Imagine - a thousand Eleanors ruling under a thousand suns.” — David Marusek Singularity 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 Ais Copy Share Image
“Society can serve its citizens only to the extent that it knows them.” — David Marusek Citizen Copy Share Image
“Capitalism was a marvel, as long as you were a capitalist.” — David Marusek Capitalism 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 Ais 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
“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 AI 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
“…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
“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
“In a thousand years, Fred, no one will even know or care we existed.” — David Marusek Science fiction 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 AI Copy Share Image
“Consciousness is the chronic pain of life, and all higher organisms suffer it every waking moment.” — David Marusek AI 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 Aquaculture 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
