# Quote — John Twelve Hawks, Spark

> Modern authority is based on a system of lies that are accepted by the general population. If you pull away the curtain and show the reality of power, people are motivated to question the fictions that govern their own lives.

- Author: [John Twelve Hawks](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-twelve-hawks.md)
- Book: [Spark](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-twelve-hawks/spark.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-twelve-hawks/spark/modern-authority-is-based

## More from this book

> All language – everything we say – is just an approximation of reality.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-twelve-hawks/spark/all-language-everything.md)

> It took me years to realize that a computer would never truly be able to say cogito ego sum although dozens of lurid Hollywood movies about robots want to leave that impression. A computer thinks....that is, it realizes it has been switched on...but it doesn't know it exists.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-twelve-hawks/spark/it-took-me-years.md)

> Artificial intelligence is a concept that obscures accountability. Our problem is not machines acting like humans -- it’s humans acting like machines.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-twelve-hawks/spark/artificial-intelligence-is-a-concept.md)