"You can understand why a system would seek information - but why in hell does it offer information? Why do we strive to be understood? Why is a refusal to accept communication so painful?"

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Source : "Ten Thousand Light-Years From Home". Book by James Tiptree Jr, "I'm Too Big But I Love To Play", 1973.

James Tiptree Jr.

#Communication Quotes #Doe Quotes #Information Quotes

“Military commanders do not want to be tried for war crimes, even if those crimes are committed online.”
“Science fiction is the branch of literature that deals with the effects of change on people in the real world as it can be projected into the past, the future, or to distant places. It often concerns itself with scientific or technological change, and it usually involves matters whose importance is greater than the individual or the community; often civilization or the race itself is in danger.”

Source : James Gunn (1979). “Road to Science Fiction 2”, Signet
“Go inside the sweetness of life, catch the places where you genuinely were moved by or connected with life, and you'll find in there kind of a light that can direct you when the cacophony gets very noisy and you get confused and lost, that can direct you towards what you care about.”

Source : Source: bigthink.com
“If we seek the essence of every situation, if we seek to connect to God within our hearts, then we will find an opportunity there, to grow internally in wisdom in every trial we face.”
“It's not the depth of your intellect that will comfort you or transform your world. Only the richness of your heart and your generosity of spirit can do that”
“If you delve into and a part of the political wars, the - as I would call it, the arguing ad infinitum. It never ends, and very few people I've noticed ever change their mind.”
“We are all bastards but God loves us anyway.”
“Negotiating with Disney isn't like good cop/bad cop; it's like bad cop/Antichrist.”

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