Log

“What we want you to ask yourselves is this: what is space, to you? Is it a playground? A quarry? A flagpole? A classroom? A temple? Who do you believe should go, and for what purpose? Or should we go at all? Is the realm above the clouds immaterial to you, so long as satellites send messages and rocks don't fall? Is human spaceflight a fool's errand, a rich man's fantasy, an unacceptable waste of life and metal? Are our methods grotesque to you, our ethics untenable? Are our hopes outdates? When I tell you of our life out here, do you cheer for us, or do you scoff?
Are astronauts still relevant in your time?”
― Becky Chambers, To Be Taught, If Fortunate

“Feed Area X but do not antagonize it, and perhaps someone will, through luck or mere repetition, hit upon some explanation, some solution, before the world becomes Area X.”
― Jeff VanderMeer, The Southern Reach Trilogy: Annihilation / Authority / Acceptance

“Now I keep in mind that none of us can love and be loved without the possibility of loss but that there's a difference between knowledge and terror.”
― Lori Gottlieb, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

“There are many decisions we can hand over to the machines. But I argue that only some decisions should be - even when the machines can make them better than we can. As a society, we need to start making some choices as to what we entrust to the machines.”
― Toby Walsh, It's Alive!: Artificial Intelligence from the Logic Piano to Killer Robots