When twilight fades, you can see the stars. When dawn fades, all that’s left is…” “All that’s left is the harsh light of reality. - Liu Cixin

The explosive development of technology was analogous to the grown of cancer cells, and the results would be identical: the exhaustion of all sources of nourishment, the destruction of organs, and the final death of the host body. He advocated abolishing crude technologies such as fossil fuels and nuclear energy and keeping gentler technologies such as solar power and small-scale hydroelectric power.

In my line of work, it’s all about putting together many apparently unconnected things. When you piece them together the right way, you get the truth

qualitative change is only produced by long-term quantitative accumulation.