Never Tell A Computer To

For Each Human Being There Is An Optimum Ratio Between Change And Stasis. Too Little Change, He Grows Bored. Too Little Stability, He Panics And Loses His Ability To Adapt. One Who Marries Six Times In Ten Years Won't Change Jobs. One Who Moves Often To Serve His Company Will Maintain A Stable Marriage. A Woman Chained To One Home And Family May Redecorate Frantically Or Take A Lover Or Go To Many Costume Parties.

I'd Visit The Near Future, Close Enough That Someone Might Want To Talk To Larry Niven And Can Figure Out The Language; Distant Enough To Get Me Decent Medical Techniques And A Ticket To The Moon.

But... Watching Steven Barnes Taught Me To Treat My Life Like An Art Form.

Never Tell A Computer To Forget It.

One Mark Of A Good Officer, He Remembered, Was The Ability To Make Quick Decisions. If They Happen To Be Right, So Much The Better.