But it is a delightful challenge to try to depict interesting aliens. David Brin More Quotes by David Brin More Quotes From David Brin If there are still honest-smart men and women within those old and noble traditions, they should think carefully, observe and diagnose the illness. They should face the contradiction. Discuss the conflation. And then do as Warren Buffett and Bill Gates and many others have done. Choose the miracle of creative competition over an idolatry of cash. They should stand up. David Brin smartmenthinking The best time to act on this was decades ago. The second best time is now. David Brin encouragingpositiveinspirational Cultural contamination that is directed outward is always seen as ‘enlightenment.' David Brin contaminationenlightenment Only people with full stomachs become environmentalists. David Brin environmentalistpeople Reciprocal accountability, or criticism [is] the only known antidote to error. David Brin accountabilityerrorscriticism In the book, America had already been weakened by bio terror plagues before waves of selfish violence took down the rest. But the real enemy was the kind of male human being who nurses fantasies of violent glory at the expense of his fellow citizens. David Brin selfishrealbook Beware of self-indulgence. The romance surrounding the writing profession carries several myths: that one must suffer in order to be creative; that one must be cantankerous and objectionable in order to be bright; that ego is paramount over skill; that one can rise to a level from which one can tell the reader to go to hell. These myths, if believed, can ruin you. If you believe you can make a living as a writer, you already have enough ego. David Brin skillswritingbelieve ...where were answers to the truly deep questions? Religion promised those, though always in vague terms, while retreating from one line in the sand to the next. Don't look past this boundary, they told Galileo, then Hutton, Darwin, Von Neumann, and Crick, always retreating with great dignity before the latest scientific advance, then drawing the next holy perimeter at the shadowy rim of knowledge. David Brin drawinglookspast It's how creativity works. Especially in humans. For every good idea, ten thousand idiotic ones must first be posed, sifted, tried out, and discarded. A mind that's afraid to toy with the ridiculous will never come up with the brilliantly original. David Brin creativitymindideas Ideologies are too seductive anyway. It does a man good to see things from a different point of view. David Brin seductiveviewsmen Seldom does a storytelling talent come along as potent and fully mature as Mike Brotherton. His complex characters take you on a voyage that is both fiercely credible and astonishingly imaginative. This is Science Fiction. David Brin doecharacterfiction The fundamental premise of sci-fi is not spaceships and lasers - it's that children can learn from the mistakes of their parents. David Brin parentmistakechildren Science has learned recently that contempt and indignation are addictive mental states. I mean physically and chemically addictive. Literally! People who are self-righteous a lot are apparently doping themselves rhythmically with auto-secreted surges of dopamine, endorphins and enkephalins. Didn't you ever ask yourself why indignation feels so good? David Brin selfmeanpeople Many people have tried to define science fiction. I like to call it the literature of exploration and change. While other genres obsess upon so-called eternal verities, SF deals with the possibility that our children may have different problems. They may, indeed, be different than we have been. David Brin differentchildrenpeople Patience is fine, but I'm not going to stop asking the Universe to make sense! David Brin finemake-senseasking It is a paradox of Life that all species breed past mere replacement. Any paradise of plenty soon fills to become paradise no more. David Brin replacementsparadisepast Alas, criticism has always been what human beings, especially leaders, most hate to hear. David Brin hateleadercriticism Science Fiction is the jazz of literature. David Brin jazzliteraturefiction 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 walldumbideas One of life's joys was to have friends who gave you reality checks...who would call you on your crap before it rose so high you drowned in it. David Brin rosejoyreality
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