People need meaning as much as they need air. Lucky for us, we can give meaning to each other for free. Just by being alive.

A soul isn't given for free. The races of men fight each other to the death for the honor of being recognized as human beings, with souls.

You probably found 'How to Survive a Robot Uprising' in the humor section. Let's just hope that is where it belongs.

Each new generation builds on the work of the previous one, gaining new perspective. New verbs are introduced. We Google strange and dangerous places. We tweet mindlessly to the cosmos. We Facebook our own grandmothers. I, for one, don't want to be left behind.

As a kid I wanted to write science fiction, and I was never without a book. Later I really got into being a scientist and never thought I'd be writing novels.

Human reactions to robots varies by culture and changes over time. In the United States we are terrified by killer robots. In Japan people want to snuggle with killer robots.

If the knowledge is spread, it cannot be stamped out.