“It’s the opportunity of a lifetime,” said Ito finally, who had been keeping very quiet
up to this point.
“Indeed. How much will it cost?” asked Brown
“About twenty million Interplanetary Credits,” said Demba. “A modest investment for
a man of your means.”
“Indeed,” said Brown again. That was all the money he had, which started to strike
him as strange, when his thoughts were interrupted.
“We’ll arrange a visit to the mine,” said Ito. “Show you the place itself.”
“Indeed,” said Brown. Or had he said that? The strange waking memory he had fallen
into started to become repetitive. Reality started to flow back in.
Diamonds, thought Brown. All those diamonds in that mine.”
― The Arbitrator
― The Arbitrator
“We have three sets of passports. Two are Egyptian with false names.”
― Fatal Identity
― Fatal Identity
“the new wave of artificial intelligence does not actually bring us intelligence but instead a critical component of intelligence—prediction.”
― Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence
― Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence
“I reached and grabbed ahold of the garden rake that was leaned up against the tree, when suddenly I felt my heart begin to race and I began to feel dizzy as my visual field became black. That is the last thing I recall before awakening to find myself lying on the ground in the front yard, with the handle of the rake resting on my chest.”
― Burned Out
― Burned Out
“When first I arrived in the woods, I became aware of how unprepared I was for what I was about to experience." ”
― The Odyssey of a Hippie Marijuana Grower
― The Odyssey of a Hippie Marijuana Grower
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