Ask for an omen, then stone it when it comes -- de essentia hominum.
We can't simply do our science and not worry about the ethical issues.
Most of the bright people don't work for you - no matter who you are.
We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.
Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.
There are always more smart people outside your company than within it.
Given the incredible power of these new technologies, shouldn't we be asking how we can best coexist with them? And if our own extinction is a likely, or even possible, outcome of our technological development, shouldn't we proceed with great caution?
There is nothing as sweet as a comeback, when you are down and out, about to lose, and out of time.
Job's forthright indictment of the injustice of this world is surely right. The ways of the world are weird and much more unpredictable than either scientists or theologians generally make things look.
Luxury is not a static concept, but it shapes and changes with society. Now somebody who might not have the time to come to one of our boutiques can shop online.
And Cape Town is not what it used to be. Foreigners have left their imprint on our culture.