Occupation: Novelist Birth: May 20, 1951
After nearly 6,000 years of evidence on the subject, one thing stands clear: the people who end up as leaders in any organization, large or small, ar….
I can't think of a comparable level of cultural excitement about something since Neil Armstrong landed on the moon in the 1960s..
There are no living beings who exert more power over others, pound for pound, than tiny babies and extremely thin moguls..
My favorite method of procrastination is to do something else that needs doing, but not quite so imminently. Sleeping is also good, as is drinking un….
If you can listen well, people will say you're a good conversationalist..
"Hi," I said. She came over, licked my hand discreetly, allowed herself to be scratched for a time, chased her tail in a dignified circle, lay down a….
I would love to have the power to stop waking at 3 a.m. every night to check my e-mail..
There are now some mountains that my brain can no longer climb..
What about passion, dedication, loyalty? Can a robot provide those? No! On the other hand, it's easier to retire a robot when its day is done..
Businesspeople are like sharks, not just because we're gray and slightly oily, or because our teeth trail the innards of those we have eviscerated, b….
Could an android listen to the whining, requests for advancement, and entreaties for guidance and affection that pour from subordinates? Sure it coul….
I would like to have my consciousness digitally preserved and housed in a pleasant place for later insertion into a fully functional cyborg when that….
I particularly felt that my job in management was safe from the incursion of machines with friendly faces painted on the front of their heads, or wha….
Anger is a fuel. You need fuel to launch a rocket. But if all you have is fuel without any complex internal mechanism directing it, you don't have a ….
Reading my way all the way through Sherlock Holmes gave me a lifelong love for crime and detective fiction..