Hexapodia as the key insight...I haven't had a chance to see the famous video from Straumli Realm, except as an evocation. (My only gateway onto the Net is very expensive.) Is it true that humans have six legs?
Vernor VingeSometimes terror and pain are not the best levers; deception, when it works, is the most elegant and the least expensive manipulation of all.
Vernor VingeOne of his greatest talents was empathy; no sadist can aspire to perfection without that diagnostic ability.
Vernor VingeWhen people speak of creating superhumanly intelligent beings, they are usually imagining an AI project.
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