Not all intelligence can be artificial now, so if we make a mistake, the consequences...#William Irwin Thompson
In the domain of cops and robbers, an interdiction serves to structure a black market...#William Irwin Thompson
Idealistic reformers are dangerous because their idealism has no roots in love, but is simply...#William Irwin Thompson
Hominid and human evolution took place over millions and not billions of years, but with...#William Irwin Thompson
For the first time in human evolution, the individual life is long enough, and the...#William Irwin Thompson
With the emergence of civilization, the rate of change shifted from hundreds of thousands of...#William Irwin Thompson
The teacher of history's work should be, ideally, not simply a description of past cultures,...#William Irwin Thompson
The more chaos there is, the more science holds on to abstract systems of control,...#William Irwin Thompson
The conscious purpose of science is control of Nature; its unconscious effect is disruption and...#William Irwin Thompson