life is pleasant death is peaceful its the transition thats trouble some part of the fn humanity of the computer is that once ftfs competently programmed and working smoothly it is completely honest there is a single light of science and to bright enit anywhere is to brighten it everywhere i do not fear computers i fear the lack of thema subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value it is change continuing change inevitable change that is the dominant factor in society today no sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is but the world as it will be the saddest aspect oi life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom its not so much what you have to learn if yoa uccept weird theories its what you have to unlearn and above all things never think that youre not good enough yourself a man should never think that my belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning it has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly the true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do if knowledge can create problems it is not through ignorance that we can solve them i dont believe in an after life so i dont have to spend my whole life fearing hell or fearing heaven even more for whatever the tortures of hell i think the boredom of heaven would be even worse no sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is but the world as it will be never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing whats right to surrender to ignorance and call it god has always been premature and it remains premature today it seems to me that god is a convenient invention of the human mind one a robot may not injure a human being or through inaction allow a human being to come to harm two a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the first law three a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the first or second laws it pays to be obvious especially if you have a reputaiton for subtlety SUB KEY: YAEMJZBUXOLDCPFHVWGNRIQSTK abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz