Robin Sloan

He has the strangest expression on his face—the emotive equivalent of 404

— Robin Sloan

I feel a little whirl of dislocation—the trademark sensation of the world being more closely knit together than you expected.

— Robin Sloan

Thank you,TeobaldoThis has been the key to everything

— Robin Sloan

There is no immortality that is not built on friendship and work done with care.

— Robin Sloan

Your life must be an open city, with all sorts of ways to wander in.

— Robin Sloan

After that, the book will fade, the way all books fade in your mind. But I hope you will remember this:A man walking fast down a dark lonely street. Quick steps and hard breathing, all wonder and need. A bell above a door and the tinkle it makes. A clerk and a ladder and warm golden light, and then: the right book exactly, at exactly the right time.

— Robin Sloan

Neel cuts in: "Where'd you grow up?"

— Robin Sloan

Social systems have values - arguments baked into their design. For example, Twitter's core argument seems to be, 'Everything should be public, and messages should find the largest audience possible.' Snapchat's might be, 'Communication should be private and ephemeral.'

— Robin Sloan