I have argued above that we cannot prevent the Singularity, that its coming is an inevitable consequence of the humans' natural competitiveness and the possibilities inherent in technology.

Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence.

Where the surf meets the shore – lots of neat things can happen there.

We were looking for starfarers, but we were too small and all we saw were their ankles.

Animals can adapt to problems and make inventions, but often no faster than natural selection can do its work – the world acts as its own simulator in the case of natural selection.

He claimed that nearby gun thunder cleared the mind – but most everybody else agreed it made you daft.

Half-assed programming was a time-filler that, like knitting, must date to the beginning of the human experience.

How long must a fish study to understand human motivation?

Sometimes the biggest disasters aren’t noticed at all – no one’s around to write horror stories.

We’re endangered by our own success.