Quotes by Bill Joy

Bill Joy

Although humankind inherently “desires to know”, if open access to, and unlimited development of, knowledge henceforth puts us all in clear danger of extinction, then common sense demands that we re-examine our reverence for knowledge.

Common Sense

Desire

Knowledge

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And once an intelligent robot exists, it is only a small step to a robot species – to an intelligent robot that can make evolved copies of itself.

Intelligent

Robots

Small Steps

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But no, I don’t generally have trouble with spelling mistakes.

Mistake

Spelling Mistakes

Trouble

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I got tired of people complaining that it was too hard to use UNIX because the editor was too complicated.

Editors

People

Tired

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I had almost rewritten all of the display code for windows, and that was when I gave up.

Code

Gave Up

Window

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I just don’t like to lose what’s in the window.

Loses

Window

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I started to write a new editor not too long ago and had it about half done after two days.

Editors

Long Ago

Writing

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I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.

Community

Editors

Thinking

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I think it is no exaggeration to say we are on the cusp of the further perfection of extreme evil, an evil whose possibility spreads well beyond that which weapons of mass destruction bequeathed to the nation-states, on to a surprising and terrible empowerment of extreme individuals.

Evil

Mass Destruction

Thinking

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I think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.

Levels

Thinking

Would Be

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Quotes by Bill Joy

Bill Joy

Although humankind inherently “desires to know”, if open access to, and unlimited development of, knowledge henceforth puts us all in clear danger of extinction, then common sense demands that we re-examine our reverence for knowledge.

And once an intelligent robot exists, it is only a small step to a robot species – to an intelligent robot that can make evolved copies of itself.

But no, I don’t generally have trouble with spelling mistakes.

I got tired of people complaining that it was too hard to use UNIX because the editor was too complicated.

I had almost rewritten all of the display code for windows, and that was when I gave up.

I just don’t like to lose what’s in the window.

I started to write a new editor not too long ago and had it about half done after two days.

I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.

I think it is no exaggeration to say we are on the cusp of the further perfection of extreme evil, an evil whose possibility spreads well beyond that which weapons of mass destruction bequeathed to the nation-states, on to a surprising and terrible empowerment of extreme individuals.

I think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.

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