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Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.

Bill Joy

We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.
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Teamwork Trying Want
Systems are going to get a lot more sophisticated.
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Lot Sophisticated Systems
Today scientists, technologists, businessmen, engineers don’t have any personal responsibility for the consequences of their actions.
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Responsibility Technology Today
I just don’t like to lose what’s in the window.
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Like Loses Window
Although humankind inherently “desires to know”, if open access to, and unlimited development of, knowledge henceforth puts us all in clear danger of extinction, then common sense demands that we re-examine our reverence for knowledge.
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Common Sense Desire Knowledge
I got tired of people complaining that it was too hard to use UNIX because the editor was too complicated.
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Editors People Tired
I started to write a new editor not too long ago and had it about half done after two days.
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Ago Editor Long Writing
Given the incredible power of these new technologies, shouldn’t we be asking how we can best coexist with them? And if our own extinction is a likely, or even possible, outcome of our technological development, shouldn’t we proceed with great caution?
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Asking Development Technological
The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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Disposable Next Steps Selling
A bomb is blown up only once-but one bot can become many, and quickly get out of control.
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Bombs Control Quickly
Well, limbo is not a good place to be.
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Good Limbo Place Wells
Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.
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Dots Lasers Media
And once an intelligent robot exists, it is only a small step to a robot species – to an intelligent robot that can make evolved copies of itself.
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Intelligent Robots Small Steps
You can drive a car by looking in the rear view mirror as long as nothing is ahead of you. Not enough software professionals are engaged in forward thinking.
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Mirrors Thinking Views
But no, I don’t generally have trouble with spelling mistakes.
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Generally Spelling Mistake Trouble
We can’t simply do our science and not worry about the ethical issues.
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Ethical Issues Worry

Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.

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