Notebook for
Liu, Cixin
Citation (APA): Liu, C. (2015). The Dark Forest (The Three-Body Problem Series Book 2) [Kindle Android version]. Retrieved from Amazon.com
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“First: Survival is the primary need of civilization. Second: Civilization continuously grows and expands, but the total matter in the universe remains constant.”
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To derive a basic picture of cosmic sociology from these
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two axioms, you need two other important concepts: chains of suspicion, and the technological explosion.”
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Without the fear of heights, there can be no appreciation for the beauty of high places.
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Nothing risk nothing gained
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As that distant world held its breath to listen, neither ant nor spider was aware that they, out of all life on Earth, were the sole witnesses to the birth of the axioms of cosmic civilization.