4 Larry Niven Quotes on Future

Larry Niven quotes on future

36. We've fallen way behind. Building one space station for everyone was and is insane: we should have built a dozen.

37. Cheap superconductors imply maglev trains everywhere. Computers could get big again, with RAM/ROM rising by powers of forty and fifty, if superconductors shed the heat. Laser handguns against superconducting armor. I'm not predicting; I just love playing with superconductors.

59. I don't run ahead of science. I follow as close as I can, and I peer over their shoulders while the scientists are watching their feet.

66. We need to take command of the solar system to gain that wealth, and to escape the sea of paper our government is becoming, and for some decent chance of stopping a Dinosaur Killer asteroid.