“I've come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies:
1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
2. Anything that's invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
3. Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things.”
― The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time
1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
2. Anything that's invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
3. Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things.”
― The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time
“Sometimes glass glitters more than diamonds because it has more to prove.”
― The Truth: Stage Adaptation
― The Truth: Stage Adaptation
“Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.”
―
―
“She was already learning that if you ignore the rules people will, half the time, quietly rewrite them so that they don't apply to you.”
― Equal Rites
― Equal Rites
Penny Arcade: Fine Distinctions
— 57 members
— last activity Mar 21, 2012 09:12AM
A goodreads group for members of the Penny Arcade community.
Mike’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Mike’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Mike
Lists liked by Mike

















