"So much technology, so little talent." — Vernor Vinge

"So much technology, so little talent."

— Vernor Vinge

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41 Quotes by Vernor Vinge

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What we have is a data glut.
And for all my rampant technological optimism, sometimes I think I'd be more comfortable if I were regarding these transcendental…
Sometimes the biggest disasters aren't noticed at all - no one's around to write horror stories.
Politics is good; when it works properly, disagreements get solved without people beating each other up. But when a regime…
Once upon a time I was such a good liar; I could talk the fish right into my mouths.
Technical people don't make good slaves. Without their wholehearted cooperation, things fall apart.
Sometimes terror and pain are not the best levers; deception, when it works, is the most elegant and the least…
Little fish risking everything for a piece of godhood...and not knowing heaven from hell, even when they find it.
We’re long on high principles and short on simple human understanding.
All evil and good is petty before Nature. Personally, we take comfort from this, that there is a universe to…
The illusion of self-awareness. Happy automatons, running on trivial programs. I'll bet you never guess. From the inside, how can…
Note that I am not proposing that AI research be ignored or less funded.

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

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