Vernor Vinge Quotes

Politics may come and go, but Greed goes on forever.

Life is a green madness just now, trying to squeeze the last bit of warmth from the season.

The heart of manipulation is to empathize without being touched.

So much technology, so little talent.

When I began writing science fiction in the middle 60s, it seemed very easy to find ideas that took decades to percolate into the cultural consciousness; now the lead time seems more like eighteen months.

Poor humans; they will all die.""Poor us; we will not.

IA is something that is proceeding very naturally, in most cases not even recognized by its developers for what it is.

We’re long on high principles and short on simple human understanding.

Effective translation of natural languages comes awfully close to requiring a sentient translator program.