People with autism are often very big on rules and justice, in part because both serve to make life a lot more predictable –– fewer changes.


“Nothing uses up alcohol faster than political argument.”
― The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
― The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”
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“Scientists and engineers ought to stand side by side with athletes and entertainers as role models.”
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“When you vote, you are exercising political authority, you're using force. And force, my friends, is violence. The supreme authority from which all other authorities are derived.”
― Starship Troopers
― Starship Troopers

“There is no safety this side of the grave”
― Stranger in a Strange Land
― Stranger in a Strange Land

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