“I was born behind the Iron Curtain, and I remember heated discussions about large-scale terra-forming projects, such as reversing the direction of the river Ob or putting up large reflectors into s...”

“Once computers can program, they basically take over technological progress because already, today, the majority of technological progress is run by software, by programming.”

“Once you acknowledge that human brains are basically made of atoms and acknowledge that atoms are governed by simple laws of physics, then there is no reasoning principle why computers couldn't do ...”

“I used to have the very standard worldview. I can easily identify with people who see computers getting faster and smarter, and technology getting more and more beneficial, without seeing the other...”

“IF her life had taught her anything, it was that you never really knew what people had going on beneath the surface. People were shit. The only difference between them and animals was people felt t...”

“Living together/ is one move closer/ to living apart”

“I'm a chess piece. A pawn,' she said. 'I can be sacrificed, but I cannot be captured. To be captured would be the end of the game.”

“I don't view Twitter as a promotional tool but as a really, really, really cool cocktail party.”

“I've come to a view that humans will continue to do what we do well, and that computers will continue to do what they do very well, and the two will coexist, but in different spaces.”

“From a commercial point of view, if Christmas did not exist it would be necessary to invent it.”

“You can find a better you inside of you. Why dont you search for that?”

“Do not fear to give yourself a chance that will change you for the better.”

“He explained that often times it's the love of something- like money, material, possessions, or power-and the fear of losing them, that command people to act. That love and fear are really the only...”