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Seveneves

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Seveneves

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  • He was already thinking about the videos he was going to make to teach his baby about calculus when he climaxed. (Location 1409)
  • small victory for robotdom by putting her flock to work getting the surviving Luks squared away. (Location 1705)
  • “We are just proceeding adaptively to leverage our core competencies.” (Location 1929)
  • One of the few appealing things about him was that he had figured out that his personality was a problem and, in classic “get it done” style, had hired a coach to make him less of an asshole. She could see that working in his face. (Location 2299)
  • But try explaining to a grizzled cosmonaut why being disruptive was a good thing. (Location 2723)

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title: Seveneves longtitle: Seveneves author: Neal Stephenson url: , source: kindle last_highlight: 2015-09-04 type: books tags:

Seveneves

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Highlights

  • He was already thinking about the videos he was going to make to teach his baby about calculus when he climaxed. (Location 1409)
  • small victory for robotdom by putting her flock to work getting the surviving Luks squared away. (Location 1705)
  • “We are just proceeding adaptively to leverage our core competencies.” (Location 1929)
  • One of the few appealing things about him was that he had figured out that his personality was a problem and, in classic “get it done” style, had hired a coach to make him less of an asshole. She could see that working in his face. (Location 2299)
  • But try explaining to a grizzled cosmonaut why being disruptive was a good thing. (Location 2723)