We appear to be programmed with the idea that there are 'things' outside of our self, and some are conscious, and some are not.

By the end of this decade, computers will disappear as distinct physical objects, with displays built in our eyeglasses, and electronics woven in our clothing, providing full-immersion visual virtual reality.

Play is just another version of work

Evolution is a process of creating patterns of increasing order....I believe that it's the evolution of patterns that constitutes the ultimate story of our world. Evolution works through indirection: each stage or epoch uses the information-processing methods of the previous epoch to create the next.

The telephone is virtual reality in that you can meet with someone as if you are together, at least for the auditory sense.

The profound aspect of technology is that once secrets are revealed, the magic doesn't disappear.

Intuition is linear; our imaginations are weak. Even the brightest of us only extrapolate from what we know now; for the most part, we're afraid to really stretch.