J.D. Lasica > Quotes

“A burst of semi-automatic fire from their nine.”
― J.D. Lasica, The Golden Relic

“semi-automatic assault rifle against the back of their guide.”
― J.D. Lasica, The Golden Relic

“My team and I established the Samana Cay Points System with rewards and penalties, and our AI dispenses points based on what it observers. Jaywalking, a fifty-point deduction. Service in the Military Police, a thousand-point bonus each week. Our tracking system has a record of where every resident has been over the past three years. When your actions and behaviors have a direct bearing on whether you can afford to feed your family come Friday night, the level of conformity achieved is astonishingly high. We’ve built accountability into the very design of our community.”
― J.D. Lasica, Catch and Kill

“there have been credible reports that researchers have already developed a self-aware computer in secrecy.”
― J.D. Lasica, Catch and Kill

“I’m peachy as my mama’s cobbler.”
― J.D. Lasica, The Golden Relic

“Kamal adjusted his micro-cam, which beamed a transmission to the beacon in the rear of the Jeep, which in turn sent a signal to one of XJR’s satellites that was in geosynchronous orbit directly above the target site.”
― J.D. Lasica, The Golden Relic

“modified Special Operations Forces Combat Assault Rifles.”
― J.D. Lasica, The Golden Relic

“Today is the slowest rate of technological change you'll ever experience for the rest of your life."
- Shelley Palmer”
― J.D. Lasica

“Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you. … You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.” – Kahlil Gibran, “On Children” from The Prophet”
― J.D. Lasica, Biohack

“Here’s what isn’t public knowledge,” Annika said. “The government and U.S. tech giants have teamed up on a massive SLAM project to map the surface of Earth.” She paused to let the import of this sink in. “The newest Earth Station satellites can identify buildings and objects almost down to the centimeter. By using photogrammetry and long-range volumetric capture, the result is a continually updated 3D geospatial rendering of the physical world. Now, mind you, not everything on the planet is 3D mapped yet, but every island within five hundred miles of the U.S. coastline certainly is.”
― J.D. Lasica, Catch and Kill

“He adored Goya. The madness leapt off the walls.”
― J.D. Lasica, Biohack