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

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.

My education and background thoroughly inform my writing

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.

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

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

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.