“I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.”–Douglas Adams
One deadline you absolutely can’t miss is Towel Day. Keep your towel handy and don’t panic.
Cosmic Quote #42A–Towel Day (redux)
May 25, 2018 by 6 Comments
Cosmic Quote #96
January 11, 2018 by Leave a Comment
“One human data is worth a billion mice.”–Bioviva CEO, Elizabeth Parrish**
So what about goldfish data? And don’t even ask about the mice’s point of view on human data. All they care about is the cheese.
**Don’t look for this quote anywhere else on the internet–yet. It comes directly from my interview with Parrish that will air on the next Seeking Delphi™ podcast, and appear in the March issue of Age of Robots.
Cosmic Quotes #95
January 2, 2018 by Leave a Comment
“Ring out the false; ring in the true.”–Alfred Lord Tennyson
Happy belated New Year. Let your resolution be to ring in the true. I’ll take care of the rest.
Cosmic Quote #94
December 25, 2017 by Leave a Comment
“Let’s be naughty and save Santa the trip.”–Gary Allan
Santa would never dare mess with my lawyer. And I had naughty nailed decades ago. Naughty or nice, enjoy the holiday season. In a few days, we return to reality.
Cosmic Quote #93
December 14, 2017 by Leave a Comment
“We view ourselves as separate from the cosmos, and separate from each other. The truth is, we are a continuum. One line of code in an enormously complex computational system.”–Gray Scott
Let’s just hope that code isn’t corrupt. I have my doubts.
Cosmic Quote #89
October 10, 2017 by Leave a Comment
“This you may say of man – having stepped forward, he may slip back, but only half a step, never the full step back.” –John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath
“Past performance is no guarantee of future results.”–boilerplate investment disclaimer
The last time I took a half step back, I tripped over the lawn sprinkler and almost sprained an ankle. But I managed to recover. As for the current state of Western society, I’m not so sure that past performance will save us. For deeper analysis of what all of this means for the future, visit my other blog (and podcast) at Seeking Delphi.™
Cosmic Quote #88
September 26, 2017 by 7 Comments
“I look to the future because that’s where I’m going to spend the rest of my life.”–George Burns
‘Ol George, ever the straight man. If I could only live to 100, like him, there’d be plenty of future to look forward to. Too bad so many people are looking to relive the past. Believe me, it wasn’t as good as they think it was.
Cosmic Quote #87
September 11, 2017 by Leave a Comment
“For thousands of years, billions of people have found meaning in playing virtual reality games. In the past, we have called these virtual reality games ‘religions’.”–Yuval Noah Harari
Geez, I’m already self-absorbed enough with two blogs and a podcast. Why would I need to bother (with) that guy?
Cosmic Quote #86
August 24, 2017 by 4 Comments
“If it turns out that there IS a God, I don’t think that he’s evil. I think that the worst you can say about him is that basically he’s an underachiever.”–Woody Allen in ‘Love and Death.’
And, as Woody also said: “There is no question there is an unseen world. The problem is, how far is it from midtown and how late is it open?” Anyway, if relativity, evolution and carbon dating aren’t enough to convince you creationism is bunk, consider this. Even god couldn’t screw humanity up this bad in just 6,000 years. (Boy am I gonna get hate mail)
Cosmic Quote #83
June 2, 2017 by 2 Comments
“No serious futurist deals in prediction. These are left for television oracles and newspaper astrologers.”–Alvin Toffler.
And stock market predictions are the province of charlatans–and economists. For cogent discussions of what the future might be, and all the issues it may entail, be sure to visit my futurist blog and podcast at www.seekingdelphi.com.
