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

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We already live a very long time for mammals, getting three times as many heartbeats...

We already live a very long time for mammals, getting three times as many heartbeats...

Above all, TRIBES is fun, and even kind of sexy... in that every round features...

Above all, TRIBES is fun, and even kind of sexy... in that every round features...

Fortunately, human beings are remarkably diverse models to work from.

Fortunately, human beings are remarkably diverse models to work from.

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the...

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the...

The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of...

The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of...

Change is the principal feature of our age and literature should explore how people deal...

Change is the principal feature of our age and literature should explore how people deal...

There's no doubt that scientific training helps many authors to write better science fiction. And...

There's no doubt that scientific training helps many authors to write better science fiction. And...

When I begin a book, I inevitably discover many things along the way, about the...

When I begin a book, I inevitably discover many things along the way, about the...

But it is a delightful challenge to try to depict interesting aliens.

But it is a delightful challenge to try to depict interesting aliens.

My education and background thoroughly inform my writing.

My education and background thoroughly inform my writing.

Only a knowledgeable, empowered and vocal citizenry can perform well in democracy.

Only a knowledgeable, empowered and vocal citizenry can perform well in democracy.

In the book, America had already been weakened by bio terror plagues before waves of...

In the book, America had already been weakened by bio terror plagues before waves of...

One of the rules I try to follow is that normal people are going to...

One of the rules I try to follow is that normal people are going to...

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

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

I like to be surprised. Fresh implications and plot twists erupt as a story unfolds....

I like to be surprised. Fresh implications and plot twists erupt as a story unfolds....

Predicting has a spotty record in science fiction. I've had some failures. On the other...

Predicting has a spotty record in science fiction. I've had some failures. On the other...

Anyone who wants simple, pat stories should buy another author's product. The real universe ain't...

Anyone who wants simple, pat stories should buy another author's product. The real universe ain't...

Self-righteous people can talk themselves into forgetting they are part of a civilization. They can...

Self-righteous people can talk themselves into forgetting they are part of a civilization. They can...

But honestly, if you do a rigorous survey of my work, I'll bet you'll find...

But honestly, if you do a rigorous survey of my work, I'll bet you'll find...

I would normally never set out to write a trilogy.

I would normally never set out to write a trilogy.