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1 " Perhaps, there will be a day when mankind’s proficiencies will see it on another planet altogether, transforming itself into the mystical Anunnaki, and engineering a slave species for itself. "
― Aneesh Abraham , Super Dense Crush Load: The Story of Man Redux
2 " The awakening of machines will be similar to that of Man, only quicker. Humans, by comparison, are characterized and limited by their slow biological evolution, late realizations, and easy distractibility. Man is too rich and blessed to compete against the single-minded dedication of the binary brain. "
3 " It is time to move away from “My Computer” to “My Universe.” Time to move from crumbling earthly sanctuaries to the highest temple. Time to stop thinking about the cosmic insignificance of Man, and start thinking about the significance of the Cosmos for Man. "
4 " It is as if Nature has declared a harsh X prize; survive if you do, die if you do not. "
5 " Among the many things that Man is capable of, one is self-destruction. "
6 " The ease of life and convenience in the Internet era is indeed mesmerizing, keeping us bound, and pushing the larger questions out of the mind with its constant buzz. But it can be turned off with a toggle. "
7 " Let us become philosophers, poets, and engineers again, carrying inflamed minds and burning hearts, to set the cold universe on fire. "
8 " Defining a company as an “artificial person” may indeed be the most accurate depiction of the inherent fault. "
9 " The emptiness of space is a blank slate, offering us the opportunity to start over, on an endless canvas that can support our continuous cycle of learnings and failings. "
10 " To talk about love and war on the same page defines the vulnerable human spirit, traits that might bewilder extraterrestrial life. "
11 " The invisible hand wears itself thin, giving market players happy endings. "
12 " The world of Man is a giant pyramid scheme, running on credit. Keep on adding participants and rewards, and the circus might never end. "
13 " Money is better than testosterone for pitting man against man, leaving a bloody trail of death and destruction wherever it goes. "
14 " Man’s brain is overclocked since early childhood, becoming unstable and burning up like embers blasted by oxygen. "
15 " Man begins the journey in Purgatorio, proceeding to survive the inferno, and someday hoping to find the way to Paradiso. "
16 " We have domesticated not only cows and goats, but the entire natural world, harnessing every power in it, turning it into a convenience store. "
17 " If we, humans, were to discover that the universe is fathomable and anything smaller than infinity, the revelation would disrupt and doom us. Man worships complexity. For us, the unattainable universe complexity is the source of our spirit and dynamism, rather than the cause of confusion or death. "
18 " Having evolved Man from scratch, Nature knows our innermost secrets, the weaknesses, and our vulnerabilities—the switches to wind us down. She is the one who hardcoded the deficiencies into the human brain, burning the ROM irreversibly and planting the bugs in it. As a result, the mind is incapable of imagining the entirety of the Cosmos. "
19 " A generation abusing the planet, however, may not be the one paying the damages. "
20 " The farthest extent of the universe is the subject matter of philosophy. "