Enoch...why are you here? Why has my spirit been incarnated into a physical bodi in this world generally? Or specifically, why am I here in a Swedish forest, standing on the wreck of a mysterious German rocket plane while a homosexual German sobs over the cremated remains of his Italian lover?
Neal StephensonLeibniz is at the disadvantage of not having seen it. Or perhaps we should count this as an advantage, for anyone who sees it is dumbfounded by the brilliance of the geometry, and it is difficult to criticize a manโs work when you are down on your knees shielding your eyes.
Neal StephensonThere's only four things we do better than anyone else: music movies microcode (software) high-speed pizza delivery
Neal StephensonEven the best of us have certain psychological mechanisms that can suddenly kick in and turn us into monsters.
Neal Stephenson