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“But early in the twenty-first century it became clear that the planet was incapable of sustaining everyone alive at Western levels, and at that point the richest pulled away into their fortress mansions, bought the governments or disabled them from action against them, and bolted their doors to wait it out until some poorly theorized better time, which really came down to just the remainder of their lives, and perhaps the lives of their children if they were feeling optimistic— beyond that, après moi le déluge.”
― Kim Stanley Robinson, The Ministry for the Future

“What's the monetary value of human civilization? Trying to answer that question proves you are a moral and practical idiot.”
― Kim Stanley Robinson, The Ministry for the Future

“Easy to make rules,” Emma said. “Easy to make systems with a perfect logic and rigor. All you need to do is leave out the mercy, yeah? Then when you put people into it and they get chewed to nothing, it’s the person’s fault. Not the rules. Everything we do that’s worth shit, we’ve done with people. Flawed, stupid, lying, rules-breaking people.”
― James S.A. Corey, Tiamat's Wrath

“The dead hand of the past clutches us by way of living people who are too frightened to accept change.”
― Kim Stanley Robinson, The Ministry for the Future