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“You can't tell whether people are gay by what they look like. And gay or straight aren't the only two options.”
― Heartstopper: Volume One
― Heartstopper: Volume One
“We are dealing with what the aliens call Level Eight technology," Jasken said contemptuously. "You don't know what it might be capable of. We're like pre-wheel primitives looking at a screen and saying it can't work because nobody can re-draw a cave-painting that quickly.”
― Surface Detail
― Surface Detail
“Selver, how is it with these creatures, then? They look like men and talk like men, are they not men?"
"I don't know. Do men kill men, except in madness?”
― The Word for World Is Forest
"I don't know. Do men kill men, except in madness?”
― The Word for World Is Forest
“Time makes us sentimental. Perhaps, in the end, it is because of time that we suffer.”
― Call Me by Your Name
― Call Me by Your Name
“The robot misconception is related to the myth that machines can’t control humans. Intelligence enables control: humans control tigers not because we’re stronger, but because we’re smarter. This means that if we cede our position as smartest on our planet, it’s possible that we might also cede control.”
― Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
― Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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