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Genius: The Game Genius: The Game by Leopoldo Gout
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“To Learn is to create. Learning- whether it is programming, mathematics, art, music, poetry, biology, or chemistry- is all about breaking down walls and freeing the one thing that kept us alive: knowledge.

Knowledge expands freedom in all its forms. Knowledge breaks down walls. It liberates the oppressed. We are committed to knowledge. Knowledge as a hammer against classism, against sexism, against racism, against gender discrimination, against slavery, against bigotry, against war, against hatred. If there is darkness in the world, we will light it up.”
Leopoldo Gout, Genius: The Game
“baseball caps, some LEDs, wiring, two nine-volt batteries, and a green laser.”
Leopoldo Gout, Genius: The Game
“You and I, people like us, people who aren’t jaded by experience or beaten by failure.”
Leopoldo Gout, Genius: The Game
“I was considered a dangerous element. I was a rogue particle, as destructive as dark matter.”
Leopoldo Gout, Genius: The Game
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“I also have my larger family: my people.”
Leopoldo Gout, Genius: The Game
“They think they’re entitled to wealth just because they’ve got slivers of power. They want to live in ivory towers and keep the rest of us out.”
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“There were so many people depending on my success. My family and my entire village were held right in the firm grip of the general. The weight of this left me nearly breathless with determination. I will not fail, mother.”
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“Underneath all the fussed-over detail, he was one of us, someone who wanted to be liked, someone who wanted to belong.”
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“Revolutions is the only evolution.”
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“Then we hit them with the green laser. Boom. Overwhelms their CMOS sensors and the camera goes down.”
Leopoldo Gout, Genius: The Game
“Even though the LEDs aren’t particularly bright, video cameras pick up any available light sources. In the cameras, the LEDs will flare crazily. It’ll look like we’ve got exploding suns for heads.”
Leopoldo Gout, Genius: The Game
“I punched small holes around the front and sides of the cap and threaded the LEDs through, arranging them in a zigzag pattern. Ten LEDs did the trick. I wired them to the nine volts, which I had stuffed into the back of the cap.”
Leopoldo Gout, Genius: The Game
“there is a very fine dividing line between genius and insanity.”
Leopoldo Gout, Genius: The Game