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

Fortunately, human beings are remarkably diverse models to work from

Creative people see Prometheus in a mirror, never Pandora.

If you have other things in your life-family, friends, good productive day work-these can interact with your writing and the sum will be all the richer.

If you believe you can make a living as a writer, you already have enough ego.

For all its beauty, honesty, and effectiveness at improving the human condition, science demands a terrible price - that we accept what experiments tell us about the universe, whether we like it or not. It's about consensus and teamwork and respectful critical argument, working with, and through, natural law. It requires that we utter, frequently, those hateful words - 'I might be wrong.'

The best time to act on this was decades ago. The second best time is now.