Scientific power is like inherited wealth; attained without discipline. You read about what others have done, and you take the next step. You can do it very young. You can make progress very fast."

"In the information society, nobody thinks. We expect to banish paper, but we actually banish thought."

"We all live every day in virtual environments, defined by our ideas."

Absence of proof is not proof of absence.

"If true computer music were ever written, it would only be listened to by other computers."