

“The whole point of civilization is that we exceed the limits of nature, you tedious little primitives.”
― Children of Time
― Children of Time
“I never am really satisfied that I understand anything; because, understand it well as I may, my comprehension can only be an infinitesimal fraction of all I want to understand about the many connections and relations which occur to me, how the matter in question was first thought of or arrived at, etc., etc.”
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“He who is of a calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age. But to him who is of an opposite disposition, youth and age are equally a burden.”
― The Republic
― The Republic

“Potentially the end result would be something smarter and more capable than the simple sum total of human and machine combined.”
― Children of Time
― Children of Time

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