The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success.

If you can imagine a society in which the computer- robot is the only menial, you can imagine anything.

分布式系统是指一个你甚至不知道存在的计算机的故障可能导致你自己的计算机无法使用。

出自《道德经》，忘语在作品中引用，表达天地无情的世界观。