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“There are two kinds of creation myths: those where life arises out of the mud, and those where life falls from the sky. In this creation myth, computers arose from the mud, and code fell from the sky.”
― Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe
― Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe
“Man is by nature a social animal; an individual who is unsocial naturally and not accidentally is either beneath our notice or more than human. Society is something that precedes the individual. Anyone who either cannot lead the common life or is so self-sufficient as not to need to, and therefore does not partake of society, is either a beast or a god. ”
― Politics
― Politics
“Human beings disappear; their histories remain.”
― Technics and Time, 3: Cinematic Time and the Question of Malaise
― Technics and Time, 3: Cinematic Time and the Question of Malaise
“The obsidian flake and the silicon chip are struck by the light of the same campfire that has passed from hand to hand since the human mind began.”
― Project Orion: The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship
― Project Orion: The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship
“Sixty-some years ago, biochemical organisms began to assemble digital computers. Now digital computers are beginning to assemble biochemical organisms. Viewed from a distance, this looks like part of a life cycle. But which part? Are biochemical organisms the larval phase of digital computers? Or are digital computers the larval phase of biochemical organisms?”
― Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe
― Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe
John’s 2024 Year in Books
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