Sentence of the Day
And the award goes to TAS-friend Will Wilkinson:
In a world of doubling-every-fifteen-minutes Hansonian robot growth, the portion of GDP necessary to fund universal grants sufficient to ensure a modestly lavish level of consumption would be so trifling that no one would even notice.
TAS bonus assignment: Work the phrase “Hansonian robot growth” into as many conversations as possible this week. Share your best conversational snippets in the comments below. (Yes, it’s fine to just make them up.)
His Hansonian robot growth drew a lot of stares in the locker room
— Chris · Aug 10, 08:51 PM · #
He asked how the perpetual motion machine was possible, and I said it would be easy to make once we have Hansonian robot growth.
— Justin · Aug 10, 09:03 PM · #
Can I have my grant? Hansonian robot growth. I need a consumption grant. It doesn’t have to be lavish lavish. Modestly lavish would be fine. Hansonian robot growth.
— cw · Aug 11, 01:03 AM · #
Perhaps you could use it for something else. Did anyone find a way to sign up?
— supra shoes · Aug 11, 01:42 AM · #
Peter: Hey, Conor, do you want to go to that Death Cab for Cutie show on Friday? I bought tickets, but Megan’s making me stay home and pick out the wedding iPod list.
Conor: I dunno, man, Death Cab has totally sold out. But I don’t suppose there’s a cool opening band?
Peter: Hansonian Robot Growth, dude.
Conor: I’m there!
— Ethan C. · Aug 11, 03:15 AM · #
‘Yoshimi Battles the Pink Hansonian Robot Growth’
— Christian L. · Aug 11, 01:31 PM · #
I’m going to have to work that phrase into my Levitra spam campaign.
— Adam Greenwood · Aug 11, 04:17 PM · #
“Perhaps you could use Hansonian Robot Growth for something else. Did anyone find a way to sign up?”
-supra shoes
— Matt Frost · Aug 11, 04:28 PM · #
I was wondering why my arms had started to sprout gears, and my wrist had developed a graphic calculator, but then I realized I was just going through another phase of Hansonian robot growth.
— Peter Suderman · Aug 11, 04:34 PM · #
Please say a prayer for Laura, an elderly woman in my church. Later this week, she is scheduled to have surgery to remove a Hansonian robot growth from her lung.
— David Throop · Aug 18, 11:26 PM · #