Valentin Eni

“I didn't pull Rage from publication because the law demanded it, I was protected under the First Amendment, and the law couldn't demand it. I pulled it because in my judgment it might be hurting people, and that made it the responsible thing to do. Assault weapons will remain readily available to crazy people until the powerful pro-gun forces in this country decide to do a similar turnaround. They must accept responsibility, recognizing that responsibility is not the same as culpability. They need to say, "We support these measures not because the law demands we support them, but because it's the sensible thing." (essay Guns)”
― Stephen King

“Помнить об этом
труднее, чем жить.

Не помнить об этом —
нельзя!..”
― Роберт Рождественский

“- Нет закону,
чтоб добро творили просто так!..”
― Роберт Рождественский, Иронический романс

“Progress in hardware has followed an amazingly steady curve in the last few decades. Based on this trend, I believe that the creation of greater-than-human intelligence will occur during the next thirty years. (Charles Platt has pointed out that AI enthusiasts have been making claims like this for thirty years. Just so I'm not guilty of a relative-time ambiguity, let me be more specific: I'll be surprised if this event occurs before 2005 or after 2030.)”
― Vernor Vinge, The coming technological singularity: How to survive in the post-human era