The work that is truly productive is the domain of a steadily smaller and more elite fraction of humanity. - Vernor Vinge

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The work that is truly productive is the domain of a steadily smaller and more elite fraction of humanity.

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About Vernor Vinge

Vernor Vinge (October 2, 1944 – March 20, 2024) was a computer scientist and science fiction author, as well as a retired San Diego State University Professor of Mathematics.

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Birth Name: Vernor Steffen Vinge
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We can solve many problems thousands of times faster than natural selection. Now, by creating the means to execute those simulations at much higher speeds, we are entering a regime as radically different from our human past as we humans are from the lower animals.
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