In General, I Don't Know When Inspiration

I Never Got Good At Predicting What Millions Of People Will Suddenly Decide Is Rational.

The Human Species Really Could Have Faced Global Thermonuclear War. During Seventy Years Of Cold War We Grew Used To It.

Building One Space Station For Everyone Was And Is Insane: We Should Have Built A Dozen.

There Is A Technical, Literary Term For Those Who Mistake The Opinions And Beliefs Of Characters In A Novel For Those Of The Author. The Term Is 'idiot'.

There Had Been A Popular Joke On Freedom, Started By A Man Named Calder. Looking Down From Space, He Had Said, The Dominant Life Forms On Earth Were Obviously The Cereals And Other Grasses. They Occupied All The Most Desirable And Fertile Land; And They Had Tamed Insects And Animals To Care For Them. In Particular, They Had Domesticated The Bipeds To Nurture And Cultivate Them And To Save And Plant Their Seed. Now, Watching The Farmers, Alex Could Easily Imagine That They Were Worshiping And Genuflecting Before Their Masters.