Science Fiction Writers Put Characters

Intellectually, Perspective [drawing] Is A Breakthrough, Because Here, For The First Time, The Physical Space We Live In Is Being Depicted As Ifit Were An Abstract, Mathematical Space. A Less Obvious Innovation Due To Perspective Is That Here, For The First Time, People Are Actually Drawing Pictures Of Infinities.

When I See An Old Movie, Like From The ’40s Or ’50s Or ’60s, The People Look So Calm. They Don’t Have Smartphones, They’re Not Looking At Computer Screens, They’re Taking Their Time. They’ll Sit In A Chair And Just Stare Off Into Space. I Think Some Day We’ll Find Our Way Back To That Garden Of Eden.

But How Does It Feel To Plug Into A System That's Say, A Million Times As Smart As A Person.

Selling A Book Or Story Has Never Become Absolutely Automatic For Me.

In Any Case, A New Kind Of Science Is A Wonderful Book, And I'm Still Absorbing Its Teachings.