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After trying this new arrangement for a while, the developers at TIM Group began to ask, “Does this people manager role really need to exist at all? Or could we handle that role’s responsibilities ourselves?” With Fredrick’s encouragement,
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“The pain, so unexpected and undeserved, had for some reason cleared away the cobwebs. I realized I didn’t hate the cabinet door, I hated my life… My house, my family, my backyard, my power mower. Nothing would ever change; nothing new could ever be expected. It had to end, and it did. Now in the dark world where I dwell, ugly things, and surprising things, and sometimes little wondrous things, spill out in me constantly, and I can count on nothing.”
― A Scanner Darkly
― A Scanner Darkly
“There's something very... I don't know; primitive, perhaps, about you, Gurgeh. You've never changed sex, have you?' He shook his head. 'Or slept with a man?' Another shake. 'I thought so,' Yay said. 'You're strange, Gurgeh.' She drained her glass.”
― The Player of Games
― The Player of Games
“I would defer to your expertise in shooting and killing things. You should defer to mine in data analysis.”
― Artificial Condition
― Artificial Condition
“you can’t put something as dumb as a hauler bot in charge of security for anything without spending even more money for expensive company-employed human supervisors. So they made us smarter. The anxiety and depression were side effects.”
― Artificial Condition
― Artificial Condition
“I never gossip. I observe. And then relay my observations to practically everyone.”
― Timeless
― Timeless
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