The village is coming back, like it or not.

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

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.

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.

Cultural contamination that is directed outward is always seen as ‘enlightenment.'

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

When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else.