“What's happened with society is that we have created these devices, computers, which already can register and process huge amounts of information, which is a significant fraction of the amount of information that human beings themselves, as a species, can process.”

“Something else has happened with computers.”

“Computers are famous for being able to do complicated things starting from simple programs.”

“Computers are famous for being able to do complicated things starting from simple programs.”

“Similarly, another famous little quantum fluctuation that programs you is the exact configuration of your DNA.”