Putting a monkey wrench in machinery is often the only way to force somebody to repair, replace, or redesign the machinery. Especially legal or social machinery.
—Larry Niven
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The moral of this story is, anything you don’t understand is dangerous until you do understand it.
—Larry Niven
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Putting a monkey wrench in machinery is often the only way to force somebody to repair, replace, or redesign the machinery. Especially legal or social machinery.
—Larry Niven
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Putting a monkey wrench in machinery is often the only way to force somebody to repair, replace, or redesign the machinery. Especially legal or social machinery.
—Larry Niven
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The next generation won’t use drugs because they’ll be descended from people who had better sense.
—Larry Niven
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Half of wisdom is learning what to unlearn.
—Larry Niven
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Never fire a laser at a mirror.
—Niven’s Second Law
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I’d repair our education system or replace it with something that works.
—Larry Niven
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In hindsight it may even seem inevitable that a socialist society will starve when it runs out of capitalists.
—Larry Niven
Fear and Loathing in Tampa
Stacy McCain is now in Tampa for Shoe Leather Reporting from the Republican National Convention. His first post from the scene is here.
He doesn’t seem very cheerful in his post, but after driving through the night … well, maybe he’ll be better after he gets some sleep.
He quotes some of this article from the Tampa Bay Times about how the police plan to handle protestors. The police probably won’t be as aggressive as Mr. McCain suggests—initially. However, if when the protestors turn violent, the cops will take advantage of being better equipped. As for the protestors, I would remind them of Larry Niven’s First and Second Rules of the Universe.
Rule 1: Never throw rocks at a man with a gun.
Rule 2: Don’t stand next to someone throwing rocks at a man with a gun.
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Giving up freedom for security has begun to look naive.
—Larry Niven