# The Callahan Touch ## Metadata * Author: [Spider Robinson](https://www.amazon.comundefined) * ASIN: B0051PYMLC * Reference: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0051PYMLC * [Kindle link](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B0051PYMLC) ## Highlights “To the best of my knowledge, only while I'm awake. The rest of the time I lead a normal existence.” — location: [239](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B0051PYMLC&location=239) ^ref-19118 --- reticence. — location: [1133](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B0051PYMLC&location=1133) ^ref-47843 --- Once you define ‘magic’ as ‘knowledge I don’t have yet,’ you can stop being afraid of it.” — location: [1462](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B0051PYMLC&location=1462) ^ref-6384 --- Technological hubris does need tempering, and people who worship technology are just as silly and self-destructive as those who despise it. — location: [2849](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B0051PYMLC&location=2849) ^ref-63009 ---