Information Is Alienated Experience.

We're Losing Track Of The Vastness Of The Potential For Computer Science. We Really Have To Revive The Beautiful Intellectual Joy Of It, As Opposed To The Business Potential.

To Me, To Say That War Isn't Evil Is To Say That Nothing Is Evil.

If There's Any Object In Human Experience That's A Precedent For What A Computer Should Be Like, It's A Musical Instrument: A Device Where You Can Explore A Huge Range Of Possibilities Through An Interface That Connects Your Mind And Your Body, Allowing You To Be Emotionally Authentic And Expressive.

A Fashionable Idea In Technical Circles Is That Quantity Not Only Turns Into Quality At Some Extreme Of Scale, But Also Does So According To Principles We Already Understand. Some Of My Colleagues Think A Million, Or Perhaps A Billion, Fragmentary Insults Will Eventually Yield Wisdom That Surpasses That Of Any Well-thought-out Essay, So Long As Sophisticated Secret Statistical Algorithms Recombine The Fragments. I Disagree. A Trope From The Early Days Of Computer Science Comes To Mind: Garbage In, Garbage Out.

There Is No Difference Between Machine Autonomy And The Abdication Of Human Responsibility.