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Neal Town Stephenson je americký spisovateľ, známy hlavne pre svoje science fiction práce zamerané na skúmanie spoločnosti, matematiky, obeživa a histórie vedy v žánri postkyberpunk. Publikuje tiež nevedecké články do časopisov ako Wired Magazine , čiastočne spolupracoval ako poradca pre firmu Blue Origin , vyvíjajúcu suborbitálny štartovací systém s ľudskou posádkou. Wikipedia  

✵ 31. október 1959
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“It is only a certain type of mind that scorns what is known by all and reads secrets as jewels.”

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Neal Stephenson kniha Seveneves

“Five Thousand Years Later” (p. 749)
Seveneves (2015), Part Three

“As it turned out, imagining the fate of seven billion people was far less emotionally affecting than imagining the fate of one.”

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“Five Thousand Years Later” (p. 741)
Seveneves (2015), Part Three

“If history was any guide, those best at violence might end up ruling over everyone else.”

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“Five Thousand Years Later” (p. 684)
Seveneves (2015), Part Three

“I have been clinically depressed for most of my life. I once used drugs to fix it. Then I stopped. I stopped because I decided they were making me stupid, and I’d rather be miserable than stupid. I am what I am.”

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“Cleft” (pp. 560-561)
Seveneves (2015), Part Two

“There is a process known as parthenogenesis, literally virgin birth, by which a uniparental embryo can be created out of a normal egg. It’s been done with animals. The only reason no one ever did it with humans is because it seemed ethically dodgy, as well as completely unnecessary given the willingness of men to impregnate women every chance they got.”

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“Cleft” (pp. 552-553)
Seveneves (2015), Part Two

“We can’t make the same mistake again,” Aïda said, “of fooling ourselves. Believing in shit that isn’t real.”

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“Cleft” (p. 551)
Seveneves (2015), Part Two

“We can’t run this experiment a thousand times to see the range of different outcomes. We can only run it once. The human mind has trouble with situations like that. We see patterns where they don’t exist, we find meaning in randomness.”

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“YMIR” (pp. 423-424)
Seveneves (2015), Part Two

“We did not expect to have a backup system for the rest of the universe. We can rely upon it to be cold most of the time.”

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“YMIR” (p. 354)
Seveneves (2015), Part Two

“Hotness was a part of the human condition and it was pointless to pretend that it did not exist.”

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“Day 700” (p. 276)
Seveneves (2015), Part Two

“People who claim they are motivated by the Purpose end up behaving differently—and generally better—than people who serve other masters.”
“So it is like believing in God.”

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“Maybe yes. But without the theology, the scripture, the pigheaded certainty.”
Epilogue (p. 860)
Seveneves (2015), Part Three

“I hope that this assignment will not prove an inconvenience,” Doc continued.
“All duty is inconvenient to a greater or lesser degree, or it would not be duty.”

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“Five Thousand Years Later” (p. 648)
Seveneves (2015), Part Three

“Trying to, you know, persuade others to join our side. Trying to make the other side look bad. Just like the Internet always was.”

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“Endurance” (pp. 518-519)
Seveneves (2015), Part Two

“You could get use to anything. You got used to it and then time raced by, and before you knew it, time was up.”

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“Consolidation: Day 260” (p. 173)
Seveneves (2015), Part One

“Sportsmanship is for sportsmen.”

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Diachronicle: day 1960 (10 December, year 5)
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. (2017)

“Reader, if you don’t know what a database is, rest assured that an explanation of the concept would in no way increase your enjoyment in reading this account. If you do know, you will thank me for sparing you the details.”

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Diachronicle: Days 57–221 (winter, year 0)
Zdroj: The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. (2017)

“You can't get most people to believe how wildly the eco-laws get broken, but if I say "More than twice the legal limit," they get comfortably outraged.”

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Neal Stephenson kniha Zodiac

Zdroj: Zodiac (1988), Chapter 2

“My nighttime attitude is, anyone can run you down and get away with it. Why give some drunk the chance to plaster me against a car? That's why I don't even own a bike light, or one of those godawful reflective suits. Because if you've put yourself in a position where someone has to see you in order for you to be safe — to see you, and to give a fuck — you've already blown it.”

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Zdroj: Zodiac (1988), Chapter 5 (Taylor on riding a bike at night)

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