Seth Lloyd

We have a picture for how complexity arises, because if the universe is computationally capable, maybe we shouldn't be so surprised that things are so entirely out of control.

Nothing in life is certain except death, taxes and the second law of thermodynamics.

In order to figure out how to make atoms compute, you have to learn how to speak their language and to understand how they process information under normal circumstances.

Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult.

Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.

It's hard to say exactly what it is about face-to-face contact that makes deals happen, but whatever it is, it hasn't yet been duplicated by technology.