I think that technologies are morally neutral until we apply them. It's only when we use them for good or for evil that they become good or evil.

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And, for an instant, she stared directly into those soft blue eyes and knew, with...

And, for an instant, she stared directly into those soft blue eyes and knew, with...

The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet.

The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet.

A graphic representation of data abstracted from the banks of every computer in the human...

A graphic representation of data abstracted from the banks of every computer in the human...

Why shouldn't we give our teachers a license to obtain software, all software, any software,...

Why shouldn't we give our teachers a license to obtain software, all software, any software,...

Time moves in one direction, memory in another.

Time moves in one direction, memory in another.

Generation X is dead. It has come to mean anyone aged 13 to 55 years...

Generation X is dead. It has come to mean anyone aged 13 to 55 years...

The 'Net is a waste of time, and that's exactly what's right about it.

The 'Net is a waste of time, and that's exactly what's right about it.

Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by...

Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by...

Language is to the mind more than light is to the eye.

Language is to the mind more than light is to the eye.

Generation X is dead. It has come to mean anyone aged 13 to 55 years...

Generation X is dead. It has come to mean anyone aged 13 to 55 years...

I don't have to write about the future. For most people, the present is enough...

I don't have to write about the future. For most people, the present is enough...

It's impossible to move, to live, to operate at any level without leaving traces, bits,...

It's impossible to move, to live, to operate at any level without leaving traces, bits,...

The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead station.

The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead station.

The box was a universe, a poem, frozen on the boundaries of human experience.

The box was a universe, a poem, frozen on the boundaries of human experience.

For years I have been mourning and not for my dead, it is for this...

For years I have been mourning and not for my dead, it is for this...

The deadliest bullshit is odorless and transparent.

The deadliest bullshit is odorless and transparent.

Dreaming in public is an important part of our job description, as science writers, but...

Dreaming in public is an important part of our job description, as science writers, but...

Actors yearn for the perfect director, athletes for the perfect coach, priests for the perfect...

Actors yearn for the perfect director, athletes for the perfect coach, priests for the perfect...

Writers don't write, they read and transcribe.

Writers don't write, they read and transcribe.

Even the best writer has to erase

Even the best writer has to erase