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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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David Brin
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 6
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The best time to act on this was decades ago. The second best time is now.
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Gaia spins on, silently contemplating what it means to be born into a sarcastic universe.
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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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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.
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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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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
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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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Why must conversions always come so late? Why do people always apologize to corpses?
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Reciprocal accountability, or criticism [is] the only known antidote to error.
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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.
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Self-awareness is probably overrated. A complex, self-regulating system doesn't need it in order to be successful, or even smart.
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If you believe you can make a living as a writer, you already have enough ego.
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Predicting has a spotty record in science fiction. I've had some failures. On the other hand, I also predicted the fall of the Berlin Wall and the rise of fundamentalist Islam... and I'm not happy to be right in all of those cases
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You don't have conversations with microprocessors. You tell them what to do, then helplessly watch the disaster when they take you literally!
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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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