It is surprising how long it takes to do a simple addition when your life depends on the answer. - Arthur C. Clarke
" "It is surprising how long it takes to do a simple addition when your life depends on the answer.
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About Arthur C. Clarke
Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (16 December 1917 – 19 March 2008) was a British author, inventor and futurist, famous for his short stories and novels, among them 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), and as a host and commentator in the British television series Mysterious World. For many years, Robert A. Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, and Clarke were known as the "Big Three" of science fiction.
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Charles Willis
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E.G. O'Brien
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Arthur Charles Clarke
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Sir Arthur Charles Clarke
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Arthur Clarke
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The Information Age offers much to mankind, and I would like to think that we will rise to the challenges it presents. But it is vital to remember that information — in the sense of raw data — is not knowledge, that knowledge is not wisdom, and that wisdom is not foresight. But information is the first essential step to all of these.
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