Last century, when the beams needed replacing, carpenters used oak trees that had been planted in 1386 when the dining hall was first built. The 14th-century builder had planted the trees in anticipation of the time, hundreds of years in the future, when the beams would need replacing. Did the carpenters plant new trees to replace the beams again a few hundred years from now?
Danny HillisGlobal consciousness is that thing responsible for deciding that pots containing decaffeinated coffee should be orange.
Danny HillisAn attitude of only taking what you need was built into the protocols of the Internet itself.
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