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“The Turing Test tried to make a distinction between humans and machines. But these days Shadow programs like Edward and Laura can be programmed to say "I love you" or imitate other emotions. If a machine wanted to act like a human, then it had to deny the truth. Lying, not love, is the fundamental indication of humanity.”

John Twelve Hawks book Spark

Spark (2014)

“Fear requires a desire to exist in the future.”

John Twelve Hawks book Spark

Spark (2014)

“Believing that the government knows what's best is an argument that barely merits a serious discussion. Any high school history student can come up with hundreds of examples of when a king, dictator, or elected official followed a destructive, foolish policy. Democracy doesn't protect our leaders from having a limited, parochial vision. A politician's true priority is career self-preservation.”

John Twelve Hawks

How We Live Now (2005)

“Both dogs and humans know when we’ve been caged.”

John Twelve Hawks

Against Authority: Freedom and the Rise of Surveillance States (2014)

“A Vast Machine watched and evaluated them, remembering their past actions and predicting their future behavior.”

John Twelve Hawks book Spark

Spark (2014)

“All of us fight a battle every day, but we just don’t know it. Love tries to defeat hatred. Bravery destroys fear.”

John Twelve Hawks

Fourth Realm Trilogy (2005-2009), The Traveler (2005)

“One of the pleasures of writing novels is that my characters usually do something. But in real life we often stay locked in a situation that we know is painful or wrong.”

John Twelve Hawks

Against Authority: Freedom and the Rise of Surveillance States (2014)

“Our sense of powerlessness—the belief that an ordinary person does not matter—has twisted our lips into a sneer.”

John Twelve Hawks

How We Live Now (2005)

“The laws of mathematics are stronger than the laws of man.”

John Twelve Hawks book Spark

Spark (2014)

“Children defer to adults because they’re older, bigger and stronger. But it’s also because children believe that adults have reasons for what they do. There was nothing magical about the Pied Piper of Hamelin’s flute. The Piper acted like he knew where he was going and the children followed him into the dark mountains where they were never seen again.”

John Twelve Hawks

Against Authority: Freedom and the Rise of Surveillance States (2014)

“You don't need to watch everyone if everyone believes they're being watched.”

John Twelve Hawks

Fourth Realm Trilogy (2005-2009), The Traveler (2005)

“Many physicists these days sound like the Delphic oracle - with equations.”

John Twelve Hawks

Fourth Realm Trilogy (2005-2009), The Dark River (2007)

“One cliché endlessly offered up by the people supporting government surveillance is that there needs to be a “trade-off” between security and privacy. But this is a trade that goes only one way. It’s clear that we’ve lost control over what personal information is public and what we prefer to keep private. The new reality is that they see us, but we can’t see them.”

John Twelve Hawks

Against Authority: Freedom and the Rise of Surveillance States (2014)

“Lying, not love, is the fundamental indication of humanity.”

John Twelve Hawks book Spark

Spark (2014)

“True freedom is tolerant. It gives people the right to live and think in new ways.”

John Twelve Hawks

Fourth Realm Trilogy (2005-2009), The Traveler (2005)

“Gradually, I realized that the surveillance cameras plus the email and cell phone monitoring was creating a Virtual Panopticon – a digital prison created and maintained by computer networks that enclosed all of us within its invisible walls.”

John Twelve Hawks

Against Authority: Freedom and the Rise of Surveillance States (2014)

“Many of our leaders have gone past the old-fashioned politics of the democratic era and entered into the politics of fear. People running for national office no longer emphasize their views about the economy or social change. The leading political question of our time has become: who can ease our nightmares?”

John Twelve Hawks

How We Live Now (2005)

“All the doctors that have examined you state that you appear to have no friends or family relationships and you are incapable of any sort of empathy. In short…you’re perfect for this job.”

John Twelve Hawks book Spark

Spark (2014)

“At the training camp, I was told that doors always open for a man wearing a hard hat and carrying a clipboard.”

John Twelve Hawks book Spark

Spark (2014)

“All the news stories were telling me to be frightened. All the commercials were telling me to buy things I didn´t need. The message was that people could only be passive victims or consumers.”

John Twelve Hawks

Fourth Realm Trilogy (2005-2009), The Traveler (2005)