Vernor Vinge

Quotes

• “Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence. Shortly after, the human era will be ended.”

• “The voice was gentle, like a scalpel petting the short hairs of your throat.”

• “Sometimes the biggest disasters aren’t noticed at all—no one’s around to write horror stories.”

• “This was the sort of desperate hallucination he must guard against. If you raise your desires high enough, certainty can grow out of the background noise.”

• “So much technology, so little talent.”