And as a matter of fact, governments don't act, governments only react. The bankers make the decisions, and then governments decide how are we going to adjust to this. Government can't do anything unless the bank gives them the money to do it.

Obviously, the faster we process information, the more rich and complex our models or glosses - our reality-tunnels - will become.

Only the madman is absolutely sure.

Horror is the natural reaction to the last 5,000 years of history.

I've recently noticed "as if for the first time" that when people pray they always look "upward" - i.e. perpendicular to whatever place they're standing - or kneeling or groveling. I deduce that they conceive of their "god" as topologically isomorphic to a huge donut, about a thousand miles wider than Earth.

I think I got off on the wrong planet. Beam me up Scotty, there's no rational life here.

Philadelphia merely seems dull because it's next to exciting Camden, New Jersey.