Words of Wisdom

Look at situations from all angles, and you will become more open.
Dalai Lama

Technology determines the possibilities of society.  It does not matter whether
you start out with a fascist state or communist state or a free-market state.
Iain M. Banks

Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
Terry Pratchett

Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.
Mark Twain

In the end, we self-perceiving, self-inventing, locked-in mirages are little miracles of self-reference.
Douglas Hofstadter

See that the imagination of nature is far, far greater than the imagination of man.
Richard P. Feynman

Data is not information.
Clifford Stoll

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."
Frank Herbert, Dune

In no particular order, a few of my favorite books

Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The City Watch (and everything else, too) - Terry Pratchett

Hydrogen Sonata - Iain M. Banks

Cyteen - CJ Cherryh

A Fire Upon the Deep - Vernor Vinge

The Diamond Age - Neal Stephenson

Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

SuperIntelligence - Nick Bostrom

Sandman - Neil Gaiman

Watchmen - Alan Moore

The Emperor of all Maladies - Siddhartha Mukherjee

Lewis Carroll - Complete Collection

Brave New World - Aldous Huxley

Wheel of Time - Robert Jordan

***

Games

Xenogears

Undertale

Divinity II/Baldur’s Gate 3

Elden Ring

Cult of the Lamb

World of Warcraft

MTG

Choice of Robots

Smash Brothers

Starcraft

Total War series

Zelda

Radiance RPG / D&D