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The first law of Bureaucracy is, show no curiosity outside your cubicle. It’s like the first rule of every army that’s ever bashed a square: never volunteer.
“The Iliad shows what happens when all these social norms are violated, and fighters push for victory at any cost.”
― The Iliad
― The Iliad
“Conflict” (eris) appears at the start of Hesiod’s Works and Days, a didactic poem about rural life from the same era as The Iliad. Hesiod’s narrator declares that there are two types of conflict, one bad and one good. Bad conflict causes war and destroys communities, while good conflict motivates people to outdo their neighbors. When one potter competes with another, everyone wins. Even the less successful artisan ends up with a better piece of work.”
― The Iliad
― The Iliad
“Freeman contained infinities.”45”
― "Well, Doc, You're In": Freeman Dyson’s Journey through the Universe
― "Well, Doc, You're In": Freeman Dyson’s Journey through the Universe
“The generic form of this problem is widespread in SF, and very hard to avoid. With rare exceptions, if a story gimmick is something that could plausibly grow out of the present, then it and its consequences can’t reasonably be presented as a surprise in the story.”
― The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge
― The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge
“When the self-selected, self-confident, highly educated Jasons were stuck on a calculation, they took it to Dyson. Set up the calculation right, you can solve it on a laptop or maybe you need giant computers, said one Jason, “but if you have Freeman, you don’t need either one.”43”
― "Well, Doc, You're In": Freeman Dyson’s Journey through the Universe
― "Well, Doc, You're In": Freeman Dyson’s Journey through the Universe
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