“The present mode of life on earth is madness, which is nontheless lethal for being legal. Rational existence is possible, but it calls for a world consciousness and a world design. People who develop the habit of thinking of themselves as world citizens are fulfilling the first requirement of sanity in our time.” PeopleThinkingWorldFirstsEarthExistenceConsciousnessDesignHabitCitizensMadnessRationalOur TimeSanityFulfillingRequirementsWorld Citizen Author:Norman Cousins
“We are not the only avatars of humanity. Once our computing machines achieved self-consciousness, they became part of this design.” SelfHumanityConsciousnessDesignMachinesRobotsSelf ConsciousnessComputing Book:Endymion Source: Endymion
“I think Willa Cather did a short story called "Paul's Case," and in it, when he finally commits suicide, it says, "He surrendered to the black design of things." And that's what I anticipate death will be: a totally unconscious void in which you float through eternity with no particular consciousness of anything. I think once around is enough. I don't want to start it all over again.” ThinkingWantEnoughStoriesBlackConsciousnessCasesDesignParticularEternitySuicideCommitUnconsciousShort StoryVoidFloatsAnticipate Author:Rod Serling