I absolutely don't think a sentient artificial intelligence is going to wage war against the human species.

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.

Change creates fear, and technology creates change. Sadly, most people don't behave very well when they are afraid.

Robots are interesting because they exist as a real technology that you can really study - you can get a degree in robotics - and they also have all this pop-culture real estate that they take up in people's minds.

You don't pick your revolution. It picks you.

Across the sea of space lies an infinite emptiness. I can feel it, suffocating me. It is without meaning. But each life creates its own reality.

The true knowledge is not in the things, but in finding the connections between the things.