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Alessio Erioli
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Blindsight
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People simply can't accept that patterns carry their own intelligence, quite apart from the semantic content that clings to their surfaces; if you manipulate the topology correctly, that content just—comes along for the ride.
“No lifetime is long enough for those who wish to create,”
― The Rise of Endymion
― The Rise of Endymion
“The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technology. And it is terrifically dangerous, and it is now approaching a point of crisis overall.”
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“Meanwhile, because humanity is still swept along by animal passions in a digitalized global world, and because we are conflicted between what we are and what we wish to become, and because we are drowning in information and starved for wisdom, it would seem appropriate to return philosophy to its once esteemed position, this time as the center of a humanistic science and a scientific humanities.”
― The Origins of Creativity
― The Origins of Creativity
“No lifetime is long enough for those who wish to create, Raul. Or for those who simply wish to understand themselves and their lives. It is, perhaps, the curse of being human, but also a blessing.”
― The Rise of Endymion
― The Rise of Endymion
“We have created a Star Wars civilization, with Stone Age emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike technology.”
― The Social Conquest of Earth
― The Social Conquest of Earth
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