I’ve put some thought to it. How can we set up a system whi… - David Brin

" "
I’ve put some thought to it. How can we set up a system which encourages individuals to strive and excel, and yet which shows some compassion to the weak, and weeds out madmen and tyrants?

David Brin

This quote has a book source. Sign up to see titles and page references

English

Collect this quote

About David Brin

Glen David Brin (born October 6, 1950) is an American author of science fiction. He is the winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards. He lives in Southern California and has been both a NASA consultant and a physics professor.

Biography information from Wikiquote

Also Known As

Birth Name: Glen David Brin

All quotes from David Brin Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like David Brin:

John Brunner Isaac Asimov Iain Banks Larry Niven Poul Anderson

Additional quotes by David Brin

On this occasion, despite the wind and sparkling stars, they looked just like huge chunks of stone, pathetically chiseled by desperate folk to resemble stern gods. People did bizarre things when they were afraid...as most men and women had been for nearly all the time since the species evolved.

And yet we’ve flashed from caveman to world wrecker in just three hundred generations.

Might human sapience be a fluke? Evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr said — “Nothing demonstrates the improbability of high intelligence better than the fifty billion earthly species that failed to achieve it.

I’ve put some thought to it. How can we set up a system which encourages individuals to strive and excel, and yet which shows some compassion to the … - David Brin

About David Brin

Also Known As

Enhance Your Quote Experience

Additional quotes by David Brin

Limited Time Offer