He was far Left in many ways, but libertarian in others ways, and a Neocameralist neoreactionary in other ways (the ways the Minds ran the Ships and Orbitals). That ideological complexity appeals to me.
I can't trust any politician who doesn't read science fiction. How can a human properly weigh the far-future stakes of current policy choices if they don't cultivate a vivid imagination about our possible futures?pic.twitter.com/3MeeYBNGpB
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Isn't it possible to cultivate a vivid imagination about our possible futures by reading about the past? Were there no trustworthy or gifted politicians before SF existed as a genre?
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Good question, and I'll have to think about it...
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BTW - my class (seminar Brain, Mind & Cognition) read your book "The Mating Mind" and loved it. I also enjoyed the book a great deal.
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Thanks! :)
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Start them on “Player of Games” though.
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I genuinely like Mitt Romney, but when he said Battlefield Earth was his favourite book...
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I should have said 'I can't trust a politician who doesn't read _good_ science fiction.'
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At least they should read the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". This book is deeper than what most people think ...
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