I think that for all of the dangers of technology spreading, I think it is more dangerous in some ways that it doesn’t. My simple reason for that is we’ve got 7 billion people on the planet, and we have these very serious problems, and I think we don’t know who’s going to have the answers to the problems that are coming around the bend. Daniel Suarez Read Quote
I actually love technology. I worked for 18 years as systems analyst in technology. Daniel Suarez Read Quote
I think if I were to express my wish, it would be that we are more regionally self-reliant. And I don’t mean people being survivalists, I mean regionally self-reliant. So that you have these individual cells. The idea of having different solutions in different areas, so that we have a very robust, durable civilization. Daniel Suarez Read Quote
I’m against unanswerable concentrations of power, whether that be government or private industry or religious figures – anybody who is not accountable to the larger social climate or society for the power they wield, that concerns me. I’m very pro-democracy. Daniel Suarez Read Quote
I’d always loved technology. It’s something I always messed around with in computer labs at school. So I glommed onto it very early as way to differentiate myself in business. Daniel Suarez Read Quote
I have an English literature degree. I wanted to be the next great American novelist from a very early age, but I put it aside for a while, because I got very realistic at one point. Daniel Suarez Read Quote
Neal Stephenson is great. He can write about a white wall for six pages, and it sounds fascinating. I read the whole ‘Baroque Cycle’ and ‘Cryptonomicon.’ Daniel Suarez Read Quote
Print-on-demand publishing is the new farm system for new voices in fiction. Authors who have compelling things to say, who can market their stories in compelling ways, will succeed. Daniel Suarez Read Quote