You Don't Think Progress Goes In A

For Someone To Be Taken Seriously It Was Valuable To Have The Appearance Of Someone Who Deserved To Be Taken Seriously.

I Was Thinking Of Writing A Little Foreword Saying That History Is, After All, Based On People's Recollections, Which Change With Time.

When I Sit Down To The Feast Of Life ... I'm So Busy Planning On How To Pick Up The Check, And Wondering What The Other People Think Of Me For Paying It, And Wondering If I Have Enough Money In My Pocket To Pay The Bill, That I Don't Get Around To Eating.

You Don't Think Progress Goes In A Straight Line, Do You? Do You Recognize That It Is An Ascending, Accelerating, Maybe Even Exponential Curve? It Takes Hell's Own Time To Get Started, But When It Goes It Goes Like A Bomb.

A Good Science Fiction Story Should Be Able To Predict Not The Automobile But The Traffic Jam.