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We are on the edge of change comparable to the rise of human life on Earth. The precise cause of this change is the imminent creation by technology of entities with greater than human intelligence.
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Politics is good; when it works properly, disagreements get solved without people beating each other up. But when a regime knows its days are numbered, there's always the chance it may use its position to change the rules and make the debate it is losing irrelevant.
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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October 2, 1944
Died:
March 20, 2024
(aged 79)
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