Edited by John Brockman
This Idea Must Die is something I will reread throughout the rest of my life.
This Explains Everything is something I will read exactly once and move on.
I'm reminded of one of my favorite sci-fi stories, Ender's Game:
[Colonel Graff] Tell me why you kept on kicking him. You had already won.
[Ender] Knocking him down was the first fight. I wanted to win all the next ones too.
C'est Tout
Andy Tran | 2026