Quotes about "Space & Cosmic Perspective"

I know exactly what it's like to stand on top of a tall building or in a high place and look down and go, 'Ohhhh my God.' I try to get into that place every time I write a scene like that. And definitely when I write the action scenes, I get overheated and my heart goes really fast. I get very involved. ”

I think it's a human tendency that's been around for a while to try to be as good as possible to prove your worth. ”

I argue in this paper that we are on the edge of change comparable to the rise of human life on Earth. ”

The physical extinction of the human race is one possibility. ”

How will the approach of the Singularity spread across the human world view? ”

There's a fine line between playing through things and sitting out. I was always on the side of, 'I'm going to play through it.' It's probably good at times, bad at times, but for an athlete to always try to be there and play through things, from a teammate's perspective, it speaks volumes. Now that I look back, mentally it makes you tougher. ”

But there will come a time and a place to give back, and each individual will recognize that time and place. ”

Remember that cosmic fact and mental myth cannot occupy the same place at the same time, any more than two hands can occupy the same glove. So choose what is truly right for you. ”

Make it your profitable habit to carefully study facial expressions. You can see the entire human drama in a face; you can tell its owner's history. ”

I don't think we should tell them what we're going to do in advance. Let them think. Worry. Wonder. Uncertainty is the most chilling thing of all. ”