It's soothing to realize that my mind's processes are inherently uncontrollable.

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But how does it feel to plug into a system that's say, a million times...

But how does it feel to plug into a system that's say, a million times...

Some ideas you have to chew on, then roll them around a lot, play with...

Some ideas you have to chew on, then roll them around a lot, play with...

Computations are everywhere, once you begin to look at things in a certain way.

Computations are everywhere, once you begin to look at things in a certain way.

Selling a book or story has never become absolutely automatic for me.

Selling a book or story has never become absolutely automatic for me.

At present, however, I don't think the Net is a very good medium for books,...

At present, however, I don't think the Net is a very good medium for books,...

I think dry nanotechnology is probably a dead-end.

I think dry nanotechnology is probably a dead-end.

The hard fact is that not everyone does get published.

The hard fact is that not everyone does get published.

It's tedious to watch something very obvious being worked out, like a movie that's not...

It's tedious to watch something very obvious being worked out, like a movie that's not...

Electronic distribution is more of a fall-back strategy for putting out a book that isn't...

Electronic distribution is more of a fall-back strategy for putting out a book that isn't...

I like a book better if I can't predict what's going to happen.

I like a book better if I can't predict what's going to happen.

Science fiction writers put characters into a world with arbitrary rules and work out what...

Science fiction writers put characters into a world with arbitrary rules and work out what...

Unfortunately our nation, nay, our world, is run by evil morons.

Unfortunately our nation, nay, our world, is run by evil morons.

Now, being a science fiction writer, when I see a natural principle, I wonder if...

Now, being a science fiction writer, when I see a natural principle, I wonder if...

Lately I've been working to convince myself that everything is a computation.

Lately I've been working to convince myself that everything is a computation.

If all else fails, there's always print or web zines.

If all else fails, there's always print or web zines.

All living things are gnarly, in that they inevitably do things that are much more...

All living things are gnarly, in that they inevitably do things that are much more...

A computation is a process that obeys finitely describable rules.

A computation is a process that obeys finitely describable rules.

Traditional science is all about finding shortcuts.

Traditional science is all about finding shortcuts.

If we suppose that many natural phenomena are in effect computations, the study of computer...

If we suppose that many natural phenomena are in effect computations, the study of computer...

If you think of your life as a kind of computation, it's quite abundantly clear...

If you think of your life as a kind of computation, it's quite abundantly clear...