Bits Quote by George Dyson

“Are we using digital computers to sequence, store, and better replicate our own genetic code, thereby optimizing human beings, or are digital computers optimizing…

— George Dyson

It doesn't cost anything to replicate code. So the companies that make code, that's why they've done so well. We take it for granted…

— George Dyson

I don't know a single person who is not immersed in the digital universe. Even people who are strongly anti-technology are probably voicing that…

— George Dyson

If you spend time alone in the wilderness, you get very attuned to living things.

— George Dyson

“There is reason to suspect that our predilection for linear codes, which have a simple, almost temporal sequence, is chiefly a literary habit, corresponding…

— George Dyson

We could construct a machine that is more intelligent than we can understand. It's possible Google is that kind of thing already. It scales…

— George Dyson

When you click on a link, you are replicating the string of code that it links to. Replication of code sequences isn't life, any…

— George Dyson

“There are two kinds of creation myths: those where life arises out of the mud, and those where life falls from the sky. In…

— George Dyson

Digital organisms, while not necessarily any more alive than a phone book, are strings of code that replicate and evolve over time. Digital codes…

— George Dyson

I have had a Twitter account since the very beginning but have never used it: I haven't tweeted anything, and I haven't followed anyone.

— George Dyson

The unlimited replication of information is generally a public good.

— George Dyson

History is one of the only fields where contributions by amateurs are taken seriously, providing you follow the rules and document your sources. In…

— George Dyson