We're endangered by our own success.

In fact, there was general agreement that minds can exist on nonbiological substrates and that algorithms are of central importance to the existence of minds.

So much technology, so little talent.

If there be only hours, at least learn what there is time to learn.

Even the largest avalanche is triggered by small things.

And for all my rampant technological optimism, sometimes I think I'd be more comfortable if I were regarding these transcendental events from one thousand years remove... instead of twenty.

Sometimes the biggest disasters aren't noticed at all – no one's around to write horror stories.