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David Brin
David Brin
American Author
Born: Oct 6, 1950
People Science Try World Writing You
Related authors: F. Scott Fitzgerald Frederick Douglass Helen Keller Henry David Thoreau Joyce Meyer Mark Twain Og Mandino Zig Ziglar
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
Power Corrupts Corrupts Power Other More True Attracted Attracts Said Than Sane Actually Things
Transparency is key to reciprocal accountability, which we use to be both free and smart. It is the miracle tool that enables us to question the lies of monsters. David Brin
Key Smart Free Accountability Reciprocal Tool Monsters Lies Miracle Both Enables Question Which Us Use Transparency
When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else. David Brin
Privacy People Accountability Else Everyone Everyone Else Latter Demand Always Former Themselves
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
Work You Science Biology Honestly Rigorous Find Physical Bet Physical Science More Survey Than Often Theme Far
Writing can be taken up at any point. But you need to remember that the arts are fundamentally unfair. Hard work and diligence won't necessarily take you all the way. Talent, nepotism, influence, and pure luck play a huge part. David Brin
Work Hard Work You Writing Remember Pure Unfair Luck Diligence Way Nepotism Point Take Part Taken Talent Huge Up Huge Part Any Arts Influence Hard Play Necessarily Fundamentally Need
Only a knowledgeable, empowered and vocal citizenry can perform well in democracy. David Brin
Democracy Citizenry Vocal Only Perform Well Empowered Knowledgeable
Why must conversions always come so late? Why do people always apologize to corpses? David Brin
People Late Corpses Must Come Always Apologize Why
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
Writing Feeling Adding Backgrounds Plot Characters Develop Implications Feels Like Fresh Surprised Erupt Unfolds Story Depth Exploring Twists
Those who use 'Correlation is not the same as causation' as a magic incantation to dismiss all fact-using professions are fools holding a lit match in one hand and an open gas can in the other, screaming, 'One has nothing to do with the other!' David Brin
Fools Holding Nothing Other Those Correlation Magic Open Match Causation Hand Same Screaming Lit Dismiss Use Who Professions Gas
Anything done in secret is more likely to result in terrible errors. David Brin
Result Secret More Likely Terrible Errors Done Anything
There's no doubt that scientific training helps many authors to write better science fiction. And yet, several of the very best were English majors who could not parse a differential equation to save their lives. David Brin
Best Science Training Better Doubt Several No Doubt Could Write Parse Majors Science Fiction Equation Scientific Were Very Authors Fiction English Who Many Helps Lives Differential Save
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. David Brin
Science Happy Berlin Wall Islam Fall Other Those Berlin Record Some Rise Cases Had Failures Also Science Fiction Hand Wall Fiction Predicted Predicting Right Fundamentalist
My education and background thoroughly inform my writing. David Brin
Education Writing Background Thoroughly Inform
I would normally never set out to write a trilogy. David Brin
Out Would Trilogy Write Never Normally Set
I find humans tremendously interesting. David Brin
Tremendously Find Interesting Humans
I consider Yoda to be just about the most evil character that I've ever seen in the history of literature. David Brin
Character History Evil Seen Consider About Most Yoda Just The History Of Literature Ever
The greatest hypocrisy on the planet right now is for those who defend capitalism to not be in favor of radical transparency, for all of us to know who owns everything. And that is my militant, radical, moderate, pro-capitalist, pro-Enlightenment, ferocious stand. David Brin
Capitalism Hypocrisy Radical Everything Those Favor Know Greatest Ferocious Moderate Owns Us Planet Stand Transparency Militant Who Now Right Defend
As a fellow science fiction author, Heinlein largely raised me, and I resent it when some folks lazily dismiss Heinlein as a 'right winger' or even 'fascist.' David Brin
Me Science Folks Some Fellow Science Fiction Author Fiction Dismiss Resent Even Fascist Largely Right Raised
Science fiction is the field that explores how change can affect us, for well or ill. David Brin
Change Science Field Well Science Fiction How Affect Fiction Us Ill
Secrecy is the underlying mistake that makes every innovation go wrong in Michael Crichton novels and films! If AI happens in the open, then errors and flaws may be discovered in time... perhaps by other, wary AIs! David Brin
Time Mistake Innovation AI Every Films Other Secrecy Open Wrong Perhaps Underlying Makes Go Discovered Errors Michael May Happens Flaws Then Wary Novels
The Enlightenment diamond-shaped society, with a huge, prosperous, socially-mobile, empowered middle class, is by far the most productive and creative system the world has ever seen. David Brin
Class Creative World Seen Society System Prosperous Most Empowered Huge Middle Middle Class Far Productive Ever Enlightenment
Historically, central planners have generally done a poor job of managing economic resources - this we've known since the time of the Pharaohs. David Brin
Time Job Resources Economic Generally Since Known Historically Done Managing Central Poor Planners
Whenever I see a new film, I deliberately tune down several 'dials' in my mind - critical faculties associated with logic, plotting, science - just so I can retain some ability to enjoy a flick in the spirit it's offered. David Brin
Science Mind Down Enjoy Several Critical Plotting Logic Ability See Some Spirit Deliberately Retain Faculties New Offered Just Whenever Tune Flick Film Associated
For every Steven King, there are a dozen guys like me who make a good living. For every David Brin, there are a dozen authors who have managed to make it their day job. For each of them, there are a dozen more for whom writing is a terrific supplement. David Brin
Good Day Me Writing Job King Living Every Good Living Guys More David Supplement Day Job Like Steven Make Terrific Authors Them Who Each Whom Dozen
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
Parents Mistakes Learn Sci-Fi Children Premise Fundamental

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