Wired for War Quotes

“Another way of thinking about it is that Kurzweil and others are arguing that my generation will be the last generation of humans to be the smartest thing on the planet. “Generation X” takes on a whole new meaning.”
― P.W. Singer, Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century

“the New York Times predicted that “the flying machine which will really fly might be evolved by the combined and continuous efforts of mathematicians and mechanicians in from one million to ten million years.” That same day, two brothers who owned a bicycle shop in Ohio started assembling the very first airplane, which would fly just a few weeks later.”
― P.W. Singer, Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century