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David Brin Quotes: "When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else."

When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else.



David Brin Quotes: "It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power."

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.




David Brin Quotes: "The village is coming back, like it or not."

The village is coming back, like it or not.



David Brin Quotes: "In all of history, we have found just one cure for error—a partial antidote against making and repeating grand, foolish mistakes, a remedy against self-deception. That antidote is criticism."

In all of history, we have found just one cure for error—a partial antidote against making and repeating grand, foolish mistakes, a remedy against self-deception. That antidote is criticism.




David Brin Quotes: "Why must conversions always come so late? Why do people always apologize to corpses?"

Why must conversions always come so late? Why do people always apologize to corpses?



David Brin Quotes: "If you believe you can make a living as a writer, you already have enough ego."

If you believe you can make a living as a writer, you already have enough ego.



David Brin Quotes: "The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate habit of making assumptions. It often proved fatal."

The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate habit of making assumptions. It often proved fatal.




David Brin Quotes: "But honestly, if you do a rigorous survey of my work, I'll bet you'll find that biology is a theme far more often than physical science."

But honestly, if you do a rigorous survey of my work, I'll bet you'll find that biology is a theme far more often than physical science.



David Brin Quotes: "My first duty to write a gripping yarn. Second is to convey credible characters who make you feel what they feel. Only third comes the idea."

My first duty to write a gripping yarn. Second is to convey credible characters who make you feel what they feel. Only third comes the idea.



David Brin Quotes: "Gaia spins on, silently contemplating what it means to be born into a sarcastic universe."

Gaia spins on, silently contemplating what it means to be born into a sarcastic universe.



David Brin Quotes: "Prison for the crime of puberty -- that was how secondary school had seemed."

Prison for the crime of puberty -- that was how secondary school had seemed.



David Brin Quotes: "Learn to control ego. Humans hold their dogmas and biases too tightly, and we only think that our opponents are dogmatic! But we all need criticism. Criticism is the only known antidote to error."

Learn to control ego. Humans hold their dogmas and biases too tightly, and we only think that our opponents are dogmatic! But we all need criticism. Criticism is the only known antidote to error.




David Brin Quotes: "Change is the principal feature of our age and literature should explore how people deal with it. The best science fiction does that, head-on."

Change is the principal feature of our age and literature should explore how people deal with it. The best science fiction does that, head-on.



David Brin Quotes: "History and geology show what an eyeblink it's been since our current, comfortable culture came about. And yet that culture is using up absolutely everything at a ferocious rate."

History and geology show what an eyeblink it's been since our current, comfortable culture came about. And yet that culture is using up absolutely everything at a ferocious rate.



David Brin Quotes: "Creative people see Prometheus in a mirror, never Pandora."

Creative people see Prometheus in a mirror, never Pandora.



David Brin Quotes: "Petals floating by, Drift through my woman's hand, As she remembers me."

Petals floating by, Drift through my woman's hand, As she remembers me.



David Brin Quotes: "Only a knowledgeable, empowered and vocal citizenry can perform well in democracy."

Only a knowledgeable, empowered and vocal citizenry can perform well in democracy.



David Brin Quotes: "We already live a very long time for mammals, getting three times as many heartbeats as a mouse or elephant. It never seems enough though, does it?"

We already live a very long time for mammals, getting three times as many heartbeats as a mouse or elephant. It never seems enough though, does it?



David Brin Quotes: "I would normally never set out to write a trilogy."

I would normally never set out to write a trilogy.



David Brin Quotes: "Above all, TRIBES is fun, and even kind of sexy... in that every round features an Opportunity for Reproduction, which is the main aim of the game, as it is in most of Nature"

Above all, TRIBES is fun, and even kind of sexy... in that every round features an Opportunity for Reproduction, which is the main aim of the game, as it is in most of Nature



David Brin Quotes: "I like to be surprised. Fresh implications and plot twists erupt as a story unfolds. Characters develop backgrounds, adding depth and feeling. Writing feels like exploring"

I like to be surprised. Fresh implications and plot twists erupt as a story unfolds. Characters develop backgrounds, adding depth and feeling. Writing feels like exploring



David Brin Quotes: "Fortunately, human beings are remarkably diverse models to work from"

Fortunately, human beings are remarkably diverse models to work from



David Brin Quotes: "If you have other things in your life-family, friends, good productive day work-these can interact with your writing and the sum will be all the richer."

If you have other things in your life-family, friends, good productive day work-these can interact with your writing and the sum will be all the richer.



David Brin Quotes: "Cultural contamination that is directed outward is always seen as ‘enlightenment.'"

Cultural contamination that is directed outward is always seen as ‘enlightenment.'



David Brin Quotes: "The sane are usually attracted by other things than power."

The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.



David Brin Quotes: "Reciprocal accountability, or criticism [is] the only known antidote to error."

Reciprocal accountability, or criticism [is] the only known antidote to error.



David Brin Quotes: "In the end, the work of diplomats continues even while others fight. So, it's not necessarily true that everyone needs to march."

In the end, the work of diplomats continues even while others fight. So, it's not necessarily true that everyone needs to march.



David Brin Quotes: "I regret having been the bearer of ambiguous tidings."

I regret having been the bearer of ambiguous tidings.



David Brin Quotes: "Life is not fair... Anyone who says it is, or even that it ought to be, is a fool or worse."

Life is not fair... Anyone who says it is, or even that it ought to be, is a fool or worse.



David Brin Quotes: "Beware of assumptions that seem "obvious" in one decade. They may become quaint in the next."

Beware of assumptions that seem "obvious" in one decade. They may become quaint in the next.



David Brin Quotes: "A neurosis defends itself by coming up with rationalizations to explain away bizarre behavior."

A neurosis defends itself by coming up with rationalizations to explain away bizarre behavior.



David Brin Quotes: "Self-awareness is probably overrated. A complex, self-regulating system doesn't need it in order to be successful, or even smart."

Self-awareness is probably overrated. A complex, self-regulating system doesn't need it in order to be successful, or even smart.



David Brin Quotes: "The three basic material rights -- continuity, mutual obligation, and the pursuit of happiness."

The three basic material rights -- continuity, mutual obligation, and the pursuit of happiness.



David Brin Quotes: "Only people with full stomachs become environmentalists."

Only people with full stomachs become environmentalists.



David Brin Quotes: "Ideologies are too seductive anyway. It does a man good to see things from a different point of view."

Ideologies are too seductive anyway. It does a man good to see things from a different point of view.



David Brin Quotes: "What point was there in pursuing an ever-elusive popularity?"

What point was there in pursuing an ever-elusive popularity?



David Brin Quotes: "Alas, criticism has always been what human beings, especially leaders, most hate to hear."

Alas, criticism has always been what human beings, especially leaders, most hate to hear.



David Brin Quotes: "Anyone who wants simple, pat stories should buy another author's product. The real universe ain't that way, and neither are my fictive ones."

Anyone who wants simple, pat stories should buy another author's product. The real universe ain't that way, and neither are my fictive ones.



David Brin Quotes: "Science Fiction is the jazz of literature."

Science Fiction is the jazz of literature.



David Brin Quotes: "One of the rules I try to follow is that normal people are going to be involved even in heroic events"

One of the rules I try to follow is that normal people are going to be involved even in heroic events



David Brin Quotes: "All this talk of using tax policy to 'assess social costs'...what a dumb idea. The only way to stop polluters is to put them against walls and shoot them."

All this talk of using tax policy to 'assess social costs'...what a dumb idea. The only way to stop polluters is to put them against walls and shoot them.



David Brin Quotes: "I find humans tremendously interesting"

I find humans tremendously interesting



David Brin Quotes: "With gritty action and realistic science, Peter Watts brings to life a dark and vivid world."

With gritty action and realistic science, Peter Watts brings to life a dark and vivid world.



David Brin Quotes: "Where subtlety fails us we must simply make do with cream pies."

Where subtlety fails us we must simply make do with cream pies.



David Brin Quotes: "My education and background thoroughly inform my writing"

My education and background thoroughly inform my writing



David Brin Quotes: "Change is the very fabric of our time."

Change is the very fabric of our time.



David Brin Quotes: "Everything isn't subjective. Reality also matters. Truth matters. It is still a word with meaning."

Everything isn't subjective. Reality also matters. Truth matters. It is still a word with meaning.



David Brin Quotes: "But it is a delightful challenge to try to depict interesting aliens."

But it is a delightful challenge to try to depict interesting aliens.



David Brin Quotes: "It is a paradox of Life that all species breed past mere replacement. Any paradise of plenty soon fills to become paradise no more."

It is a paradox of Life that all species breed past mere replacement. Any paradise of plenty soon fills to become paradise no more.