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“I mean there's no single answer that will solve all of our future problems. There's no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers--at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.”
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay

“Some of the most mistaken predictions I've seen are of the straight-line variety--that's the kind that ignores the inevitability of unintended consequences, ignores our often less-than-logical reactions to them, and says simply, 'In the future, we will have more and more of whatever's holding our attention right now.”
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay

“Civilization is to groups what intelligence is to individuals. It is a means of combining the intelligence of many to achieve ongoing group adaptation.

Civilization, like intelligence, may serve well, serve adequately, or fail to serve its adaptive function. When civilization fails to serve, it must disintegrate unless it is acted upon by unifying internal or external forces.”
― Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower

“I am a devout tea lover and can drink my
weight in it.”
― Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals