Little fish risking everything for a piece of godhood...and not knowing heaven from hell, even when they find it.

The problem is not simply that the Singularity represents the passing of humankind from center stage, but that it contradicts our most deeply held notions of being.

Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence. Shortly after, the human era will be ended.

In fact, there was general agreement that minds can exist on nonbiological substrates and that algorithms are of central importance to the existence of minds.

Even the largest avalanche is triggered by small things.

Intelligence is the handmaiden of flexibility and change.

How will the approach of the Singularity spread across the human world view?

The dilemma felt by science fiction writers will be perceived in other creative endeavors.

But if the technological Singularity can happen, it will.

We humans have millions of years of evolutionary baggage that makes us regard competition in a deadly light.

I never guessed I could cry so hard my face hurt.

Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy.

A soulmate is a direct pathway to God.

You're terribly selfish, you know. I've loved you so long, and it was never dear or precious to you. I might as well have not loved you at all.

Silence is pure and holy. It draws people together because only those who are comfortable with each other can sit without speaking.

if i could be assured of your destruction, i would in the interest of the public, cheerfully accept my death.

Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about them.

Doubt follows white-winged hope with trembling steps.

Never take anything at face value. Dare to question and seek the truth.

Anthroposophy is not a game, nor just a theory; it is a task that must be faced for the sake of human evolution.

The masses don't shed their blood for the benefit of a few individuals.