Dying creatively is the hallmark of vivisystems. - Kevin Kelly

When someone tells you about the peak year of human history, the period of time when things were good before things went downhill, it will always be the year when they were 10 years old—which is the peak of any human’s existence. Factor that into what they say.

Looking back, I think the computer age did not really start until this moment, when computers merged with the telephone. Stand-alone computers were inadequate. All the enduring consequences of computation did not start until the early 1980s, that moment when computers married phones and melded into a robust hybrid.

Don’t ever respond to a solicitation or a proposal on the phone. The urgency is a disguise for a scam.