“He watched the results, using them to design new experiments. He was guided by what he saw rather than by what he wanted to believe.”
― A Fire Upon the Deep
― A Fire Upon the Deep
“The more output that is produced, the more can be invested to make new capital. This is a reinforcing loop, like the birth loop for a population. The investment fraction is equivalent to the fertility. The greater the fraction of its output a society invests, the faster its capital stock will grow.”
― Thinking in Systems: A Primer
― Thinking in Systems: A Primer
“Dynamic systems studies usually are not designed to predict what will happen. Rather, they’re designed to explore what would happen, if a number of driving factors unfold in a range of different ways.”
― Thinking in Systems: A Primer
― Thinking in Systems: A Primer
“We’ve gone right back to barbarism. If it’s new, run away from it; if you can’t eat it, throw it away!”
― The Dispossessed
― The Dispossessed
“We’ll dedicate part of R00 to this mission. If their antenna swarm works properly, the Riders should have a thirty Kb/s link to Relay. You’ll be their prime contact here, and you’ll have access to our best strategists.”
― A Fire Upon the Deep
― A Fire Upon the Deep
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