Was all of the universe a fixed game, if one only knew where and how to look? - Lawrence M. Schoen

Ah, self-interest at last. Despite all of our differences, of race and time and distance, we achieve commonality. I understand self-interest.

As a historian, he understood that what in hindsight were taken to be grand events really consisted of a myriad of tiny, seemingly inconsequential choices. Often as not, great moments hung on coincidences and random luck.

So you're saying, people not only may not want to hear a thing that's true, that sometimes they make sure other people can't either?"
"Yeah. Not all people, and not all the time, but yeah.