Jarka

“Life is dangerous. That's what makes it interesting.”
― John Twelve Hawks, The Traveler

“You don´t need to watch everyone if everyone believes they're beeing watched. (...) Punishment isn't necessary, but the inevitability of punishment has to be programmed into the brain.”
― John Twelve Hawks, The Traveler

“Can we drop the ‘artificial intelligence’? It’s a bit like me calling you a meat-based processing system.”
― Alastair Reynolds, On the Steel Breeze

“(...) I wanted to drink a decent glass of wine in the evening with good friends."

"Sounds like a modest goal."

"Yes, but even a small wish like that has implications. It means a community with free time, a group with enough income to buy the Merlot, and a general desire to enjoy the small pleasures of life. (...) In this context, a glass of wine becomes a revolutionary statement.”
― John Twelve Hawks