While contemporary Christians tend to equate morality with sexual ethics, our ancestors defined morality as welcoming the stranger.
By far the greatest danger of Artificial Intelligence is that people conclude too early that they understand it.
Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.
Nothing complements a fast mind better than a slow tongue. And nothing aggravates a slow mind better than a fast tongue.
Most priests wish they were as righteous as they seem to most members of their congregations.
Advice to my younger self:1 Start where you are with what you have2 Try not to hurt other people3 Take more chances4 If you fail, keep trying
Every challenge, every adversity, contains within it the seeds of opportunity and growth.
Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.
One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.
We have two natures within us, both struggling for mastery. Which one will dominate us? It depends on which one we feed.
On the other hand it is possible that human control over the machines may be retained. In that case the average man may have control over certain private machines of his own, such as his car of his pe...