Going down the old mine with a transistor radio.
If you see a better world, you're morally obligated to create it
It's not good enough to just keep producing technology with no notion of whether it's going to be useful. You have to create stuff that people really want, rather than create stuff just because you can.
I think one of the most interesting things about automation isn't on the practical side. I think it's about creating magic and wonder and moments of splendor.
What makes us human is what is delightful
Today's devices blurt out the absolute truth as they know it. A smart device in the future might know when NOT to blurt out the truth.
There are times when I get through the day by looking around the office and thinking, 'My God, aren't the natives here strange. '
Many young and beginning farmers start out in local markets. Some stay there, and some scale up.
It's really exciting to know that people want to use the house as a house and want to live there although it hasn't been a used, occupied space in 50 or 60 years.
So you're sayin that it's easy to send somat up to space, but you don't believe there's a little banana machine?
To aspiring writers, I say : Don't give up. Storytelling has been an integral part of the human condition since the beginning of time. Don't let anyone tell you your dreams don't have value. They do.