The Three Basic Material Rights -- Continuity,

History And Geology Show What An Eyeblink It's Been Since Our Current, Comfortable Culture Came About. And Yet That Culture Is Using Up Absolutely Everything At A Ferocious Rate.

Ideologies Are Too Seductive Anyway. It Does A Man Good To See Things From A Different Point Of View.

Change Is The Principal Feature Of Our Age And Literature Should Explore How People Deal With It. The Best Science Fiction Does That, Head-on.

The Best Time To Act On This Was Decades Ago. The Second Best Time Is Now.

The Sane Are Usually Attracted By Other Things Than Power.