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Quotes from Daemon — Daniel Suarez

born 1964 United States

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8 quotes

"You never understood games. Maybe that's why the world was such a mystery to you."

Daemon (2006)

"Mammals of every species indulge in play. Games are Nature's way of preparing us to face difficult realities."

Daemon (2006)

"I suspect that democracy is not viable in a technologically advanced society. Free people wield too much ability to destroy."

Daemon (2006)

Technology. It is the physical manifestation of the human will.

Daemon (2006)

You know, the average Chinese factory worker must think Americans are insane.

Daemon (2006)

This was as far from Main Street as he'd ever been. This wasn't the tattooed, pierced, neo-tribal rebellious bullshit of his generation. This was a quiet demonstration of networked power. This was it.

Daemon (2006)

For average working folks, America was becoming a puzzle. Who was buying all these two-hundred-dollar copper saucepans, anyway? And how was everyone paying for these BMWs? Were people shrewd or just stupefyingly irresponsible?

Daemon (2006)

"Perfect replication is the enemy of any robust system... Lacking a central nervous system—much less a brain—the parasite is a simple system designed to compromise a very specific target host. The more uniform the host, the more effective the infestation."

Daemon (2006)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Daniel Suarez (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.