It is the pattern maintained by this homeostasis, which is the touchstone of our personal identity. ... We are but whirlpools in a river of ever-flowing water. We are not stuff that abides, but patterns that perpetuate themselves. [96]
I repeat, the prevalence of cliches is no accident, but inherent in the nature of information. [119]
Let us remember that the automatic machine [computer], whatever we think of any feelings it may or may not have, is the precise economic equivalent of slave labor. Any labor which competes with slave labor must accept the economic conditions of slave labor. [162]