Upgraded Quotes

“You said capitalism was an inevitability. That human civilizations converged on it. Because it was an effective algorithm to distribute resources and organize labor.”
― Neil Clarke, Upgraded

“Do you know what morality is, really?” Becker looked coolly into the other woman’s eyes. “It’s letting two stranger’s kids die so you can save one of your own. It’s thinking it makes some kind of difference if you look into someone’s eyes when you kill them. It’s squeamishness and cowardice and won’t someone think of the children. It’s not rational, Amal. It’s not even ethical.”
― Neil Clarke, Upgraded

“Anything self-directed, bottom-up—democracy, markets, any arena where agents interact by rules—ends up dominated by strategies that can magnify their own power at the expense of others. Haldane”
― Neil Clarke, Upgraded

“Sometimes you help a friend even when you disapprove of their decisions. It’s complicated.”
― Neil Clarke, Upgraded

“So your job is safer—at least theoretically. Ours (theoretically) pays better. But neither one of us can ever earn enough to quit. We kid ourselves before we sign—we’ll be disciplined. We’ll be careful. We won’t make those mistakes everybody else makes, because we’re better than them. Human psychology is the biggest confidence game of all.”
― Neil Clarke, Upgraded

“Coastlines of the Stars Alex Dally MacFarlane”
― Neil Clarke, Upgraded