Jerry Pournelle

You never understand how smart a moron is until you try to program a robot

Jerry Pournelle

Esther Dyson

Addiction is short term desire.

Purpose is long term desire.

If it takes more than a sentence to describe why someone would want one, the odds are not enough people will.

cherry-blossoms

Those who ignore history are condemned to retweet it.

David Brooks, New York Times columnist on Donald Trump

I think that maybe I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for Twitter.

Those who would sacrifice essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.