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