Log

“Feed Area X but do not antagonize it, and perhaps someone will, through luck or mere repetition, hit upon some explanation, some solution, before the world becomes Area X.”
― Jeff VanderMeer, The Southern Reach Trilogy: Annihilation / Authority / Acceptance

“We have found nothing you can sell. We have found nothing you can put to practical use. We have found no worlds that could be easily or ethically settled, were that end desired. We have satisfied nothing but curiosity, gained nothing but knowledge.”
― Becky Chambers, To Be Taught, If Fortunate

“If I don't have real answers, it is because we still don't know what questions to ask. Our instruments are useless, our methodology broken, our motivations selfish.”
― Jeff VanderMeer, Annihilation

“There are many decisions we can hand over to the machines. But I argue that only some decisions should be - even when the machines can make them better than we can. As a society, we need to start making some choices as to what we entrust to the machines.”
― Toby Walsh, It's Alive!: Artificial Intelligence from the Logic Piano to Killer Robots