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Charles Stross Quotes

The paucity of near-future U.S. scifi is about the country becoming pessimistic, not being able to see the future clearly. There’s a trend in U.S. scifi towards militarism and far-future stuff Picture Quote #1

Many science fiction writers are literary autodidacts who focus on the genre primarily as a literature of ideas rather than as a pure art form or a tool for the introspective examination of the human condition. I’m not entirely at ease with that self-description Picture Quote #1

Any replacement to the current copyright position (life plus 70 years) needs to have an answer lined up for this, and similar, messy edge cases Picture Quote #1

Pubs are, disturbingly, where I hatch most of my best idea-sculptures: possibly it’s something to do with the disinhibiting effects of alcohol, or maybe it’s just having company to yack at Picture Quote #1

Humans are not as unsophisticated as mulch wrigglers, they can see the writing on the wall. Is it any surprise, that among the ones who look outward, the real debate is not over whether to run, but over how far and how fast? Picture Quote #1

The chip that functions abnormally will be desoldered, as they say Picture Quote #1

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We are, after all, homo economicus Picture Quote #1

Starships are all work and no fun Picture Quote #1

Well then. Will the naysayers please leave the universe? Picture Quote #1

Gene police! You! Out of the pool, now! Picture Quote #1

If I forget, then it might as well never have happened. Memory is liberty Picture Quote #1

Time is a corrosive fluid, dissolving motivation, destroying novelty, and leaching the joy from life Picture Quote #1

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All men are islands, surrounded by the bottomless oceans of unthinking night Picture Quote #1

Life begets intelligence, intelligence begets smart matter and a singularity Picture Quote #1

Lawyers do not mix with diplomacy Picture Quote #1

Where would dictators be without our compliant amnesia? Make the collective lose its memory, you can conceal anything Picture Quote #1

You know, if I tried to change the minds of everyone who I thought needed changing, I’d never have time to do anything else Picture Quote #1

She still believes in classical economics, the allocation of resources under conditions of scarcity. Information doesn’t work that way Picture Quote #1

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You’ll still get guys with an array of badges to demonstrate their importance, but that just excludes people. I think fandom is more inclusive now Picture Quote #1

Fatal accidents never happen because of just one mistake. It takes a whole chain of stupids lining up just so to put a full stop at the end of an epitaph Picture Quote #1

The real world is devoid of narratives, after all. Narratives are just a thing that our brains do with facts in order to draw a line around the incomprehensible largeness of reality and wrestle it into something learnable and manipulable. Existence is devoid of plot, theme, and most of all moral Picture Quote #1

Christmas: the one time of year when you can’t avoid the nuts in your family muesli Picture Quote #1

Idiots emit bogons, causing machinery to malfunction in their presence. System administrators absorb bogons, letting machinery work again Picture Quote #1

Any civilization where the main symbol of religious veneration is a tool of execution is a bad place to have children Picture Quote #1

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She may be mad, he realizes abruptly. Not clinically insane, just at odds with the entire universe. Locked into a pathological view of her own role in reality Picture Quote #1

Had enough of my poetry yet? That’s why they pay me to fight demons instead Picture Quote #1

Humans are just barely intelligent tool users; Darwinian evolutionary selection stopped when language and tool use converged, leaving the average hairy meme carrier sadly deficient in smarts Picture Quote #1

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The paucity of near-future U.S. scifi is about the country becoming pessimistic, not being able to see the future clearly. There’s a trend in U.S. scifi towards militarism and far-future stuff. (Charles Stross Quotes) Many science fiction writers are literary autodidacts who focus on the genre primarily as a literature of ideas rather than as a pure art form or a tool for the introspective examination of the human condition. I’m not entirely at ease with that self-description. (Charles Stross Quotes) Any replacement to the current copyright position (life plus 70 years) needs to have an answer lined up for this, and similar, messy edge cases. (Charles Stross Quotes) Pubs are, disturbingly, where I hatch most of my best idea-sculptures: possibly it’s something to do with the disinhibiting effects of alcohol, or maybe it’s just having company to yack at. (Charles Stross Quotes) Humans are not as unsophisticated as mulch wrigglers, they can see the writing on the wall. Is it any surprise, that among the ones who look outward, the real debate is not over whether to run, but over how far and how fast? (Charles Stross Quotes) The chip that functions abnormally will be desoldered, as they say (Charles Stross Quotes) We are, after all, homo economicus (Charles Stross Quotes) Starships are all work and no fun (Charles Stross Quotes) Well then. Will the naysayers please leave the universe? (Charles Stross Quotes) Gene police! You! Out of the pool, now! (Charles Stross Quotes) If I forget, then it might as well never have happened. Memory is liberty (Charles Stross Quotes) Time is a corrosive fluid, dissolving motivation, destroying novelty, and leaching the joy from life (Charles Stross Quotes) All men are islands, surrounded by the bottomless oceans of unthinking night (Charles Stross Quotes) Life begets intelligence, intelligence begets smart matter and a singularity (Charles Stross Quotes) Lawyers do not mix with diplomacy (Charles Stross Quotes) Where would dictators be without our compliant amnesia? Make the collective lose its memory, you can conceal anything (Charles Stross Quotes) You know, if I tried to change the minds of everyone who I thought needed changing, I’d never have time to do anything else (Charles Stross Quotes) She still believes in classical economics, the allocation of resources under conditions of scarcity. Information doesn’t work that way (Charles Stross Quotes) You’ll still get guys with an array of badges to demonstrate their importance, but that just excludes people. I think fandom is more inclusive now (Charles Stross Quotes) Fatal accidents never happen because of just one mistake. It takes a whole chain of stupids lining up just so to put a full stop at the end of an epitaph (Charles Stross Quotes) The real world is devoid of narratives, after all. Narratives are just a thing that our brains do with facts in order to draw a line around the incomprehensible largeness of reality and wrestle it into something learnable and manipulable. Existence is devoid of plot, theme, and most of all moral (Charles Stross Quotes) Christmas: the one time of year when you can’t avoid the nuts in your family muesli (Charles Stross Quotes) Idiots emit bogons, causing machinery to malfunction in their presence. System administrators absorb bogons, letting machinery work again (Charles Stross Quotes) Any civilization where the main symbol of religious veneration is a tool of execution is a bad place to have children (Charles Stross Quotes) She may be mad, he realizes abruptly. Not clinically insane, just at odds with the entire universe. Locked into a pathological view of her own role in reality (Charles Stross Quotes) Had enough of my poetry yet? That’s why they pay me to fight demons instead (Charles Stross Quotes) Humans are just barely intelligent tool users; Darwinian evolutionary selection stopped when language and tool use converged, leaving the average hairy meme carrier sadly deficient in smarts (Charles Stross Quotes)

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