“Computers seem a little too adaptively flexible, like the strange nati...” — P. J. O'Rourke Quote

“Computers seem a little too adaptively flexible, like the strange natives, odd societies, and head cases we study in the social sciences. There's more opposable thumb in the digital world than I care for; it's awfully close to human.”

“The one thing that's terrible about traveling for fun is writing about it.”

“College professors used to be badly paid and worth it. Colleges used to be modest institutions; they should go back to being modest institutions.”

“In chess, computers show that what we call 'strategy' is reducible to tactics, ultimately. It only looks creative to us. They are still just glorified cash registers. This should make us feel uncomfortable, whether or not we think computers will ever be good composers of music or artistic painters.”

“I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.”

“There is a real danger that computers will develop intelligence and take over. We urgently need to develop direct connections to the brain so that computers can add to human intelligence rather than be in opposition.”