I would like to have my consciousness digitally preserved and housed in a pleasant place for later insertion into a fully functional cyborg when that's possible.

Could an android listen to the whining, requests for advancement, and entreaties for guidance and affection that pour from subordinates? Sure it could. Frankly, all that would be easier on the robot than it is on me.

There are no living beings who exert more power over others, pound for pound, than tiny babies and extremely thin moguls.

I would like to have my consciousness digitally preserved and housed in a pleasant place for later insertion into a fully functional cyborg when that's possible.

If you can listen well, people will say you're a good conversationalist.

I would love to have the power to stop waking at 3 a.m. every night to check my e-mail.

I can't think of a comparable level of cultural excitement about something since Neil Armstrong landed on the moon in the 1960s.