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

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David Brin
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 6
Astronomer
Astrophysicist
Novelist
Physicist
Science Fiction Writer
Scientist
Screenwriter
Writer
Glendale
California
USA
Glen David Brin
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I hate the whole übermensch, superman temptation that pervades science fiction. I believe no protagonist should be so competent, so awe-inspiring, that a committee of 20 really hard-working, intelligent people couldn't do the same thing.
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But it is a delightful challenge to try to depict interesting aliens.
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The best time to act on this was decades ago. The second best time is now.
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What point was there in pursuing an ever-elusive popularity?
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In the end, the work of diplomats continues even while others fight. So, it's not necessarily true that everyone needs to march.
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Self-righteous people can talk themselves into forgetting they are part of a civilization. They can then feed on that culture, bringing it down. It's happened many times in the past. It could happen to us.
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When I begin a book, I inevitably discover many things along the way, about the characters, their past histories and the political intrigues that surround them. This discovery process is vital, and I would not prejudice it by deciding too much in advance
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Change is the very fabric of our time.
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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.
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In historical fact, all of history's despots, combined, never managed to get things done as well as this rambunctious, self-critical civilization of free and sovereign citizens, who have finally broken free of worshipping a ruling class and begun thinking for themselves. Democracy can seem frustrating and messy at times, but it delivers.
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The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.
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I find humans tremendously interesting
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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.
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Life is not fair... Anyone who says it is, or even that it ought to be, is a fool or worse.
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Reciprocal accountability, or criticism [is] the only known antidote to error.
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The village is coming back, like it or not.
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My education and background thoroughly inform my writing
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Science Fiction is the jazz of literature.
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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.
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Everything isn't subjective. Reality also matters. Truth matters. It is still a word with meaning.
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