"Far from being the smartest possible biological species, we are probably better thought of as the stupidest possible biological species capable of starting a technological civilization - a niche we filled because we got there first, not because we are in any sense optimally adapted to it."

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Source : Nick Bostrom (2014). “Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies”, p.53, OUP Oxford

Nick Bostrom

#Civilization Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Niche Quotes

“What meditation does mean is a way for us to unlock and open the door to the kingdom of heaven. Jesus began his ministry by proclaiming that this holy kingdom was within us and among us.”
“The fact that Cornish exists at all is just incredible as is the work that people are doing down there, it's such an important part of who people are.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com
“Despair itself if it goes on long enough, can become a kind of sanctuary in which one settles down and feels at ease.”

Source : "Poésies completes de Sainte-Beuve" by Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Paris: Charpentier, p. 16 ("Vie de Joseph Delorme"), 1840.
“People who prefer e-books...think that books merely take up space. This is true, but so do your children and Prague and the Sistine Chapel.”
“Real programmers can write assembly code in any language.”

Source : Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen, Jon Orwant (2004). “Programming Perl: 3rd Edition”, p.543, "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
“Anyone can devise a plan by which good people may go to Heaven. Only God can devise a plan whereby sinners, who are His enemies, can go to Heaven.”
“I don't have people following me around, like bodyguards. I don't know how people live like that. Maybe the young movie stars have to live like that, I don't know. But it seems a little crazy to me. I don't think you need all that stuff.”
“My favorite day at '30 Rock' is Thursday when the show airs. At lunch, we screen the episodes. For everyone to watch together, to see the stuff we all worked on, to hear the crew laugh - it's great fun.”

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