The unexpectedness of war
How is it possible that suffering that is neither my own nor of my concern should immediately affect me as though it were my own, and with such force that is moves me to action?
We're going to be able to ask our computers to monitor things for us, and when certain conditions happen, are triggered, the computers will take certain actions and inform us after the fact.
Success is hard, rewards are scant and the glory not always there.
Precision, speed, unambiguity, knowledge of files, continuity, discretion, unity, strict subordination, reduction of friction and of material and personal costs - these are raised to the optimum point...
The AI does not hate you, nor does it love you, but you are made out of atoms which it can use for something else.
Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone.
No two persons can learn something and experience it in the same way.
Self-care is how you take your power back.
Few companies that installed computers to reduce the employment of clerks have realized their expectations... They now need more, and more expensive clerks even though they call them 'operators' or 'p...
If we had to earn our age by thinking for ourselves at least once a year, only a handful of people would reach adulthood.