“You don’t need learn to accept failure, or enjoy it,” Eric told him. “But don’t fear it either. Failure is the first step to success, and the most important. If you never fail, then you’ve never truly tried.”
“Creepy was a human condition, and not a bad one in his mind.”
― Odysseus Ascendant
― Odysseus Ascendant
“John von Neumann (1903–1957) was the second center of attraction at the Macy Conferences. A mathematical genius, he had written a classic treatise on quantum theory, was the originator of the theory of games, and became world famous as the inventor of the digital computer (inspired by Turing's pioneering theoretical work).”
― The Systems View of Life: A Unifying Vision
― The Systems View of Life: A Unifying Vision
“Edward Goldsmith (1996) estimated that, if all Third World countries were to reach the consumption level of the USA by the year 2060, the annual environmental damage from the resulting economic activities would be 220 times what it is today, which is not even remotely conceivable.”
― The Systems View of Life: A Unifying Vision
― The Systems View of Life: A Unifying Vision
“The Guide says there is an art to flying", said Ford, "or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
― Life, the Universe and Everything
― Life, the Universe and Everything
“The dropship was an old model, built before the war, when soldiers were still fighting other humans over things like political allegiance and religion and money.”
― Livesuit
― Livesuit
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