Fishes Quote by Vernor Vinge

“Little fish risking everything for a piece of godhood...and not knowing heaven from hell, even when they find it.”

Vernor Vinge

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I have come to kill you."The death's heads shrugged. "You have come to try.

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How to explain? How to describe? Even the omniscient viewpoint quails.

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Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence. Shortly after, the human era will be ended.

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“Tycoon had a peddler's talent for using words to redefine reality.”

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It is a point where our old models must be discarded and a new reality rules.

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The heart of manipulation is to empathize without being touched.

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“I’m a librarian, not a leader.” “You’re both! Librarians and archeologists have always been the ones to bring civilization back.”

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