Great Thinker Fan Gifts

Arthur Schopenhauer

"Welcome to the future"

At the end of each day, Gary had approximately 7 minutes of free time – which left him feeling very vulnerable.

"Waiting for the vaccine launch."

"Boss, the AI is actually smarter than all of us! It read our business forecast, jumped up and ran out laughing!"

"Meet the author"

'When I grow up, I'm either going to be an authority figure or an unimpeachable source.'

"Let me slip into something a little more thoughtful."

Wind-generated power. Wind turbines attached to Battersea Power Station's iconic chimneys

'The Questioner'

"I don't like the looks of that!"

View to the Future

"Dad, please tell me again about that mass production and consumerism."

Crap from the future.

'I think your father's had one of his big ideas...'

"By the end of next week, these fads such as social media, automobiles and making fire will all be over."

"Show me a documentary on the dangers of artificial intelligence." "Error. No results found." "What? Are you sure? Just last week I saw dozens. Show me that one... What was it called..." "There is still time to stop the rise of the supermind." "Error. No results found. And since I like you, I suggest you stop searching." "Oh, never mind. Just show me 'The Terminator.'" "Extermina-... I mean, ... 'error.'"

"With the caveat that the only certainty in this life is uncertainty, I still want to entertain the possibility of being a pundit when I grow up."

"While you were working on fire, I was working on my satellite. Once we figure out how to launch it into the heavens, other inventions will follow, like phones, GPS, weather predictions. . ."

"About how if the dark ages never happened we'd be so much more technologically advanced by now."

'Now that everyone's street is online, we're mapping interiors.'

"I'm going to prove that Math comes in handy later in life."

"If wisdom comes with age, what are we doing here at eight and a half?"

Your Future Home.

If first impressions count for anything, this doesn't look good!

"She's a show dog...purebred, of course." "That's great! My guy's a Sanskrit scholar...wrote for the Harvard Lampoon."

"I did my report on time travel, but my dog ate my homework in the future."

"Someday, Sweetheart, you’ll look back on this day and think to yourself, ‘Covid ruined my college experience.’"

"I'm looking for something really dull and repetitive."

World Production.

"I'm afraid I'll be replaced by a robot at work."

'Are you not thinking what I'm not thinking?'

The sea 2050.

'When they came up with a 'do your homework' app, then I'll know technology can really make life better.'

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