My Feelings Towards Scott Card

I Think That Utopia Is A Theory Of Human Action.

If You've Never Programmed A Computer, You Should. There's Nothing Like It In The Whole World. When You Program A Computer, It Does Exactly What You Tell It To Do. It's Like Designing A Machine — Any Machine, Like A Car, Like A Faucet, Like A Gas-hinge For A Door — Using Math And Instructions. It's Awesome In The Truest Sense: It Can Fill You With Awe.

He Hated It When Adults Told Him He Only Felt The Way He Did Because He Was Young. As If Being Young Was Like Being Insane Or Drunk, Like The Convictions He Held Were Hallucinations Caused By A Mental Illness That Could Only Be Cured By Waiting Five Years.

The United States Of America Was A Pirate Nation For The First One Hundred Years Of Its Existence, Ripping Off The Patents And Trademarks Of The Imperial European Powers It Had Liberated Itself From By Blood. By Keeping Their Gdp At Home, The U.s. Revolutionaries Were Able To Bootstrap Their Nation Into An Industrial Powerhouse. Now, It Seems, Their Descendants Are Bent On Ensuring That No Other Country Can Pull The Same Trick Off.

I Fireballed Him As He Was Seeking Out Treasure After We Wiped Out A Band Of Orcs, Playing Rock-paper-scissors With Each Orc To Determine Who Would Prevail In Combat. This Is A Lot More Exciting Than It Sounds. It's Quite Civilized, And A Little Weird. You Go Running After Someone Through The Woods, Catch Up With Him, Bare Your Teeth, And Sit Down To Play A Little Roshambo.