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Todd Ballowe

Writing. Music. Code. Nerd.

Life

Words I keep around
  • Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.

    Plato
  • If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.

    Albert Einstein
  • The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.

    Terry Pratchett
  • The full cosmos consists of the physical stuff and consciousness. Take away consciousness and it's only dust; add consciousness and you get things, ideas, and time.

    Neal Stephenson

Sometimes I write, too

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Artificial Intelligence

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Artificial Intelligence

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