11 quotes
For a being as sophisticated as you are, it is baffling how little understanding you have of the composition of your own mind.
Network Effect (2020)
Data suggests family dramas bear a less than 10 percent resemblance to actual human families, which is unsurprising and also a relief, considering all the murders. In the dramas, not Mensah’s family.
Network Effect (2020)
She said that in the normal human adolescent exasperated and borderline whiney tone. (That’s actually statistically normal for human adults, too.)
Network Effect (2020)
Self-determination was a pain in the ass sometimes but it beat the alternative by a lot.
Network Effect (2020)
Because change is terrifying. Choices are terrifying. But having a thing in your head that kills you if you make a mistake is more terrifying.
Network Effect (2020)
Wow, that sounded pathetic. Like the “I want to be special! How come I’m not?” crap humans pull all the time.
Network Effect (2020)
“Was that a subtle threat?”
I said, “No. It wasn’t subtle.”
Network Effect (2020)
But I couldn’t ignore it. I mean, I guess I couldn’t. Ignoring stuff is always an option, up until it kills you.
Network Effect (2020)
It wasn’t a foolproof method but it was 90 percent effective. (Foolproof is another weird word. Shouldn’t it be smartproof? It’s not like you’re going to breach and seize control of a ship attached to a space dock by tripping or forgetting to bring your weapon or something.)
Network Effect (2020)
Humans have a bad tendency to use weapons unnecessarily and indiscriminately. Of the many times I had been shot, a depressingly large percentage of hits had come from clients who were trying to “help” me.
Network Effect (2020)
(If I got angry at myself for being angry I would be angry constantly and I wouldn’t have time to think about anything else.)
(Wait, I think I am angry constantly. That might explain a lot.)
Network Effect (2020)