How can people and computers be connected so that—collectively—they act more intelligently than any individuals, groups, or computers have ever done before?

Über John Rawls' Theorie der Gerechtigkeit, die allgemeine gesellschaftliche Gerechtigkeitsvorstellungen aus für den einzelnen nachvollziehbaren und aus egoistischen Gründen einleuchtenden Axiomen herleitet.

"What I believe is happening now is that true teme machines are arriving -- that is, machines that copy and produce variations and then select. That's what you need for an evolutionary process [independent of human beings]; that's natural selection."

A Method of Abolishing the International Duel. By Bertrand Russell.

Assumes that people care not only about their material well-being, but also about what kind of society they live in, and derives that maximizing almost any social welfare function results in a paradox which limits the planner's choice severely.

Daniel Gilbert: "Our ability to simulate the future and to forecast our hedonic reactions to it is seriously flawed."

"I now think that we actually could end up with a fairly sharp discontinuity that plays the role of the singularity, but is spread out in time and space."

"People that believe in dying have a tendency to select themselves out of the discussion. Meanwhile, their children read Dawkins and Kurzweil and dream of living forever in this, our real world."

Competition, especially market competition, isn't the only way to encourage experimentation.

To the young the old seem boring and conformist, while to the old the young seem lonely and flighty. Here's why.

"I think following the news is a waste of time."

How making fun of absolutely everything is defining a generation.

"If broadcast media brought us broadcast politics, then participatory media will bring us participatory politics."