English is taking over the world. I just wrote a piece about it. And its not by design. The United States dominates because its the biggest market. – Norman Spinrad
Ive always been interested in the relationship between total external surround, culture, the political matrix, technology, etc., and the internal human consciousness. – Norman Spinrad
The world has become more complex as technology and easy travel mixes cultures without homogenizing them. – Norman Spinrad
As a child, I read science fiction, but from the very beginnings of my reading for pleasure, I read a lot of non-fictional history, particularly historical biography. – Norman Spinrad
The wisdom of crowds works when the crowd is choosing the price of an ox, when theres a single numeric average. But if its a design or something that matters, the decision is made by committee, and thats crap. You want people and groups who are able to think thoughts before they share. – Jaron Lanier