在空闲的时候不做准备，危急的时候却临时抱佛脚。国家发生战乱时，才想到有名的将领；家庭贫困时才希望能有个贤惠的妻子。

最终，计算机科学的目标不仅仅是构建更快的机器，而是加深我们对宇宙的理解。

"The colony is the place where the project of a new humanity is to be tested, where the dream of a world without borders is to be realized, where the dream of a world without races is to be realized, where the dream of a world without nations is to be realized, where the dream of a world without classes is to be realized, where the dream of a world without genders is to be realized, where the dream of a world without religions is to be realized, where the dream of a world without money is to be realized."