[I]t was designed to operate with minimal assistance from humans, who were without exception the moving part most likely to fail.

Part of what makes us human is what we mean to other people, and what people mean to us. I miss meaning something to someone, having that part of being human.

I've often observed that women can be the weakest link in women's rights.

You can’t afford anthropomorphic biases when some of the aliens most like us would rather make human hamburgers than peace.

What then in the last resort are the truths of mankind?--They are the irrefutable errors of mankind.

We were considered the weak link last September. This year, it's the opposite.