David Langford quotes

David Langford quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a completely ad hoc plot device.”
-- David Langford

Source : David Langford (2003). “Up Through an Empty House of Stars”, p.122, Wildside Press LLC

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“Paintings! They're like TV, but they don't move.”
“I interned at Miramax and subsequently at Paramount because I was really curious about the future of entertainment - how were we going to get films online? While the inspiration for Box didn't come from that experience directly, it was very obvious that bigger businesses had a lot of slow processes and cumbersome technology.”
“It's a 360-degree sound experience. Like you're in the middle of the band. A lot of people have the technology to play the format, so why not put it out there. It sounds great.”
“Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? Is it a legacy of our colonial years? We want foreign television sets. We want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology. Why this obsession with everything imported?”
“Some movies I see today have the most dramatic plot points but the actors are not playing them dramatically.”
“Remember, remember the fifth of November of gunpowder treason and plot. I know of no reason why the gun powder treason should ever be forgot.”
“The winner must promote social jusitce, remove corruption and discrmination, and stand against political, cultural and economic plots.”
“Friendship between two women is always a plot against another one.”
“Use what you know. Draw from it. It doesnt always mean plot or fact. It means capturing a truth from your experiencing it, expressing values you personally feel deep down in your core.”
“We expect the market for convergence devices to double to 100 million units in 2006,”

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