Quote by Tyler Cowen Download Open image ““That’s understandable, but it also shows we are a bit intolerant of alien intelligences.”” — Tyler Cowen ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5.0 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“...people do not want to hear that aliens are just like us. They want wise angels and noble savages.” — James Cambias Copy Share Image
“So although they might stare at us and ask, 'Who are these alien people?' We could reply, 'We are you, What you chose to… — Andrew Marr Copy Share Image
“It is very difficult to predict what other humans will do, and considerably more difficult to anticipate the behaviour of aliens.” — James Cambias Copy Share Image
“Humans should be grateful if they haven't been in contact with aliens, while humans are still making bloodshed with each other.” — Toba Beta Copy Share Image
“With all the holes in you already there's no reason to define the outside environment as alien.” — Jenny Holzer Copy Share Image
“Can all this just be an accident? Or could there be some alien intelligence behind it?” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“But they made me realize more than I ever had the rarity of true originality, and also the sort of alienation it might involve.” — Elizabeth Bishop Copy Share Image
“That these people are wandering around, looking for aliens to justify the emptiness inside them and let them feel special without effort, creeps me… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
“Do not ever get agitated by provoking thoughts and actions. Always keep your calm. This will shame the alien.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
France has not only built a bureaucratic barrier against American culture, it has constructed a notorious intellectual case against it as well. The French… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
When humans team up with computers to play chess, the humans who do best are not necessarily the strongest players. They're the ones who… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
“The great adventures of life, the surprise of strangers, of strangeness, of the electric and eclectic moments of happenstance, and also of extreme ambition,… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
“Mark Liszewski, executive director of the Antique Automobile Club of America Museum (Hershey, Pennsylvania), remarked: “Instead of Ford versus Chevy, it’s Apple versus Android. And instead of customizing their ride, today’s teens customize their phones with covers and apps. You express yourself through your phone, whereas lately, cars have become more like appliances, with 100,000-mile warranties.” — Tyler Cowen Copy Share
“Americans are in fact working much harder than before to postpone change, or to avoid it altogether, and that is true whether we’re talking… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
“three-quarters of today’s youth between the ages of seventeen and twenty-four are unfit to serve for one reason or another.” — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
“Once you're using sides and sauces you're on the right track and you're also following the general principles about how to eat well in… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
A lot of local food is very tasty. I'm very happy to eat it. I just don't think it's the same thing as saving… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
If you and your skills are a complement to the computer, your wage and labor market prospects are likely to be cheery. If your… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
Sports is remarkably cognitive. I think it's underrated just how smart it is. Actually, if I had more time, I would spend more time… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
“In other words, a culture of the casual is a culture of people who already have achieved something and who already can prove it.… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
I see three forces militating in favor of growing inequality: increasing measurement of worker value added, automation through smart software, and globalization. — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
