One of the rules I try to follow is that normal people are going to be involved even in heroic events
David BrinIn the end, the work of diplomats continues even while others fight. So, it's not necessarily true that everyone needs to march.
David BrinFor 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.'
David BrinMany people have tried to define science fiction. I like to call it the literature of exploration and change. While other genres obsess upon so-called eternal verities, SF deals with the possibility that our children may have different problems. They may, indeed, be different than we have been.
David Brin