Last century, when the beams needed replacing, carpenters used oak trees that had been planted in 1386 when the dining hall was first built. The 14th-century builder had planted the trees in anticipation of the time, hundreds of years in the future, when the beams would need replacing. Did the carpenters plant new trees to replace the beams again a few hundred years from now?
I want to build a clock that ticks once a year. The century hand advances once every one hundred years, and the cuckoo comes out on the millennium. I… - Danny Hillis
I want to build a clock that ticks once a year. The century hand advances once every one hundred years, and the cuckoo comes out on the millennium. I…
- Danny Hillis
What we need is a plan B ... independent of the Internet. [It] doesn't necessarily have to have the performance of the Internet, but the police depar… - Danny Hillis
What we need is a plan B ... independent of the Internet. [It] doesn't necessarily have to have the performance of the Internet, but the police depar…
A human body is a conversation going on, both within the cells and between the cells, and they're telling each other to grow and to die; when you're … - Danny Hillis
A human body is a conversation going on, both within the cells and between the cells, and they're telling each other to grow and to die; when you're …
An attitude of only taking what you need was built into the protocols of the Internet itself. - Danny Hillis
An attitude of only taking what you need was built into the protocols of the Internet itself.
Design: holding conflicting ideas in your head without difficulty - Danny Hillis
Design: holding conflicting ideas in your head without difficulty
Last century, when the beams needed replacing, carpenters used oak trees that had been planted in 1386 when the dining hall was first built. The 14th… - Danny Hillis
Last century, when the beams needed replacing, carpenters used oak trees that had been planted in 1386 when the dining hall was first built. The 14th…
People are mostly focused on defending the computers on the Internet, and there's been surprisingly little attention to defending the Internet itself… - Danny Hillis
People are mostly focused on defending the computers on the Internet, and there's been surprisingly little attention to defending the Internet itself…
Global consciousness is that thing responsible for deciding that pots containing decaffeinated coffee should be orange. - Danny Hillis
Global consciousness is that thing responsible for deciding that pots containing decaffeinated coffee should be orange.
I am convinced that we humans are just at the beginning of our journey, on our way to becoming something more wonderful than we can imagine. - Danny Hillis
I am convinced that we humans are just at the beginning of our journey, on our way to becoming something more wonderful than we can imagine.
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