“No matter how exotic human civilization becomes, no matter the developments of life and society nor the complexity of the machine/ human interface, there always come interludes of lonely power when the course of humankind, the very future of humankind, depends upon the relatively simple actions of single individuals.” -from the Tleilaxu Godbuk, quoted in Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert
Tamara L. Siuda, unplugged