“Death will be so quick to swoop on you; Gather merit till that moment comes! Wait till then to banish laziness? Then there'll be no time, what will you do? "This I have not done. And this I'm only starting. And this - I'm only halfway through ..." Then is the sudden coming of the Lord of Death, And oh, the thought 'Alas, I'm finished.'” DoneMomentsWaitingLordStartingFinishedMeritThat MomentLazinessProcrastinationAlasHalfway Author:Shantideva
“[The Internet] ... is an amazing communications tool that's bringing the whole world together. I mean, you sit down to sign on to America Online in your hometown, and it's just staggering to think that at the same moment, halfway around the world, in China, someone you've never met is sitting at their computer, hearing the exact same busy signal that you're hearing.” ThinkingWorldMeanWholeMomentsTogetherAmericaCommunicationInternetMetsComputerSittingToolsBusyChinaHearingWhole WorldAround The WorldOnlineSignalsHalfwayHometownStaggering Book:Ranting Again Source: Ranting Again
“So we and our elaborately evolving computers may meet each other halfway. Someday a human being, named perhaps Fred White, may shoot a robot named Pete Something-or-other, which has come out of a General Electric factory, and to his surprise see it weep and bleed. And the dying robot may shoot back and, to its surprise, see a wisp of gray smoke arise from the electric pump that it supposed was Mr. White's beating heart. It would be rather a great moment of truth for both of them.” HumansHeartMayMomentsWould BeHuman BeingsWhiteDyingComputerSurpriseAriseSmokeEvolveSomedayGrayFactoriesElectricRobotsHalfwayPumpsGreat MomentsWispsMoment Of TruthGeneral Electric Book:The Shifting Realities of Philip K. Dick: Selected Literary and Philosophical Writings Source: The Shifting Realities of Philip K. Dick: Selected Literary and Philosophical Writings