K3+ Quotes

“We’ve detected an alien civilization.”
― Erasmo Acosta, K3+

“We are imperfect beings shaped by a ruthless competitive process, vulnerable to illusions, selective perception, self-centeredness, self-sabotaging, self-inflicted wounds, and supine stupidity.”
― Erasmo Acosta, K3+

“I don’t mind the UKB stepping in and fixing the baby’s DNA at the nursery, if necessary. But I don’t want the heartless AI deciding what blend of our traits we pass onto our child. I want it to be as natural and random as possible”
― Erasmo Acosta, K3+

“Browsing through his pictures of the period, he found an image of Darwin, comfortably lying on a pillow by the fire with a peaceful, loving expression, like a ghostly presence from the past, staring at them across the unconquerable chasm of time.”
― Erasmo Acosta, K3+

“A metallic hydrogen rocket!” she explained. “We reached 995,000 kilometers per hour after escaping Earth’s gravity and still had enough fuel to decelerate before reaching the new Port of Entry. You were right about the G-forces, by the way”
― Erasmo Acosta, K3+

“For far too long, telepathy had been the monopoly of quacks and charlatans. But it would be for science to finally make the long-cherished dream a reality.”
― Erasmo Acosta, K3+

“Earth is humanity’s womb! Once it gives birth to a spacefaring civilization, the umbilical cord will be cut. That’s why Mars can’t be a replacement for Earth. Our future lies in space with virtually unlimited energy and room to grow.”
― Erasmo Acosta, K3+

“Correct! Even with a significant portion of its nuclear arsenal disabled, the United States still has enough firepower to destroy the planet, many times over. I expect Russia and China will be able to destroy some of the incoming missiles, but the radioactive material will still fall down to Earth. They will have no option but to retaliate against strategic targets in the United States, and the planet will fall into a radioactive nuclear winter.”
― Erasmo Acosta, K3+

“Let’s not make too much of this. Even when you relive one of your own memories stored in the UKB, the transition is so smooth it feels like it was actually stored in your brain, but it’s not! Humans have a tiny storage capacity, for beings who live eternally.”
― Erasmo Acosta, K3+

“I’m beginning to find life on Earth…burdensome,” said Federico. “Pandemics, air pollution, ground water contamination...Did you know that caffeine, antibiotics, and even birth-control hormones are finding their way into our drinking water? And now there’s circumstantial evidence that CO2 could be making our food less nutritious! As our numbers continue to approach carrying capacity, life will become less safe. Finally, either a solar flare will fry the electric grid sending civilization back to the 19th century, or the Kessler syndrome will strand humanity on a dying planet for millennia. I’ll gladly leave Earth if presented with the opportunity.”
― Erasmo Acosta, K3+

“An economy is an exchange system designed to manage and distribute limited resources across a population. But if a civilization has free access to more energy and construction materials than it can use, those resources will be virtually unlimited. Would such a society still need an economy to satisfy the needs of its population, or will economics become an extinct science?”
― Erasmo Acosta, K3+

“Shouldn’t every human being be given the opportunity to escape oppression, an opportunity to grow and thrive, a chance for happiness?”
― Erasmo Acosta, K3+