Right now the Internet gives an awfully good imitation of providing superhuman intelligence capability, both in terms of the total hardware that is out there and the fact that the Net has all these human-equivalent peripheral devices called users that can be appropriated in a distributed way to attack problems. This suffering will yield us yet a pleasant tale to tell. This calls for a special blend of psychology and extreme violence. My problems dim in the face of the world, but the explode in all unreality. Volk A witty saying proves nothing.
Originality is nothing but judicious imitation.
The most original writers borrowed from one another. The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbors, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all. The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great. We repeat, there was far more imagination in the head of Archimedes than in that of Homer.