Center stage Quote by Vernor Vinge

“The problem is not simply that the Singularity represents the passing of humankind from center stage, but that it contradicts our most deeply held notions of being.”

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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The heart of manipulation is to empathize without being touched.

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