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Quotes from Spark — John Twelve Hawks

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At the training camp, I was told that doors always open for a man wearing a hard hat and carrying a clipboard.

Spark (2014)

New ideas are the only evolutionary force that will save us from destruction.

Spark (2014)

All language – everything we say – is just an approximation of reality.

Spark (2014)

Lying, not love, is the fundamental indication of humanity.

Spark (2014)

The laws of mathematics are stronger than the laws of man.

Spark (2014)

Fear requires a desire to exist in the future.

Spark (2014)

A Vast Machine watched and evaluated them, remembering their past actions and predicting their future behavior.

Spark (2014)

What happens in our future can change the meaning of what has happened in our past.

Spark (2014)

No machine can daydream. When they’re not switched on, they’re as cold as a toaster in a midnight kitchen.

Spark (2014)

In reality, the universe is neutral about our existence. Only dogs care.

Spark (2014)

Artificial intelligence is a concept that obscures accountability. Our problem is not machines acting like humans -- it’s humans acting like machines.

Spark (2014)

Her face kept changing and that bothered me as well. Why were human beings so unstable? The door and the curtains and the supply cabinet didn't continually change their appearance.'

Spark (2014)

Most conscious thought is simply an attempt to claim ‘authorship’ for a choice that has already been made. Our thoughts are just an ongoing attempt to explain what we’ve already decided.

Spark (2014)

"All the doctors that have examined you state that you appear to have no friends or family relationships and you are incapable of any sort of empathy. In short…you’re perfect for this job.”

Spark (2014)

Modern authority is based on a system of lies that are accepted by the general population. If you pull away the curtain and show the reality of power, people are motivated to question the fictions that govern their own lives.

Spark (2014)

Bland is the truest expression of an advanced civilization. It took a great deal of money to create this pocket of cool, calm bland among the rickshaw men and the beggar children tapping on the car windows.

Spark (2014)

True ideology has vanished, replaced by fear and fantasy. The right wing wants corporate control and a return to a past that never existed. The left wing wants government control and a future that will never exist.

Spark (2014)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Twelve Hawks (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.