# I, Robot  ## Metadata - Author: [[Isaac Asimov]] - Full Title: I, Robot - Category: #sci-fi ## Highlights - First Law of Robotics. You know that it is impossible for a robot to harm a human being; that long before enough can go wrong to alter that First Law, a robot would be completely inoperable. It’s a mathematical impossibility. ([Location 233](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B000FC1PW0&location=233)) - One, a robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.” “Right!” “Two,” continued Powell, “a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.” “Right!” “And three, a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.” ([Location 745](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B000FC1PW0&location=745)) - Since when is the evidence of our senses any match for the clear light of rigid reason?” ([Location 1135](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B000FC1PW0&location=1135)) - “You can prove anything you want by coldly logical reason—if you pick the proper postulates. ([Location 1210](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B000FC1PW0&location=1210)) - “No employee makes the same mistake twice. He is fired the first time.” ([Location 1313](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B000FC1PW0&location=1313))