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" We didn't have to use technology to build a surveillance state. "

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" I have to admit that I'm not very good with grammar. They taught grammar in elementary and high school, but I went to public schools, so I never really learned it. "

" If we look in the right places at the right times, we can begin to glimpse America's vast intelligence infrastructure. "

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" Anything humans can do in space, robots can do better. "

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" It's productive and fun to try interpreting cave paintings, but ultimately, they can't teach us anything beyond what we imagine them to be. "

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" I can't imagine anything more beautiful on this planet than looking up at the stars and seeing a kind of artificial star moving through the night sky. "

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" When we look up into the starry night sky, we tend to see reflections of ourselves. "

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