Looking around Wikipedia I found this priceless video of his (last) 90th birthday (can't be embedded)
YouTube - Sir Arthur C Clarke 90th Birthday reflections
The collected quotes he's got on wikiquotes are also pretty good, but of course, I'd have to keep this one:
Any teacher that can be replaced by a machine should be!
Electronic Tutors (1980)
Fortunately, most teachers can't ☺
I also liked the following:
If we have learned one thing from the history of invention and discovery, it is that, in the long run — and often in the short one — the most daring prophecies seem laughably conservative
The Exploration of Space (1951), p. 111
Which allows me to seamlessly proceed to cheer at
Google Shoots For The Moon - Forbes.com
"[...]One bold ambition of the project: using lunar materials to make solar
power collectors that can generate carbon-free energy, which is then
transmitted to the Earth. [...]"
When Internet Moguls decide to go to the Moon, anything is possible... I think Clarke would like that.
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