It doesn't cost anything to replicate code. So the companies that make code, that's why they've done so well. We take it for granted now, but why is it that code is free? It's because somebody built this self-replicating process. George Dyson buildcodecompany share on social
Last time I checked, the digital universe was expanding at the rate of five trillion bits per second in storage and two trillion transistors per second on the processing side. George Dyson bitcheckdigital Change image and share on social
The unlimited replication of information is generally a public good. George Dyson generallygoodinformation Change image and share on social
Digital organisms, while not necessarily any more alive than a phone book, are strings of code that replicate and evolve over time. Digital codes are strings of binary digits - bits. George Dyson alivebinarybit Change image and share on social
Wherever you grow up, you think of it as normal. George Dyson grownormal Change image and share on social
I don't know a single person who is not immersed in the digital universe. Even people who are strongly anti-technology are probably voicing that view on a Web site somewhere. Third-world villagers without electricity have cellphones. George Dyson anticellphonedigital share on social
We could construct a machine that is more intelligent than we can understand. It's possible Google is that kind of thing already. It scales so fast. George Dyson constructfastgoogle Change image and share on social
I have had a Twitter account since the very beginning but have never used it: I haven't tweeted anything, and I haven't followed anyone. George Dyson accountbegintweet Change image and share on social
If you spend time alone in the wilderness, you get very attuned to living things. George Dyson attunelivespend Change image and share on social
I was a rebellious adolescent. It was the '60s. Everyone was rebellious. I hated high school. George Dyson 60sadolescenthate Change image and share on social
