Michael Crichton on People Who Don't Mind Their Own Business

Michael Crichton on People Who Don't Mind Their Own Business

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[haldenver]

Here is a guy that really should be President.A brilliant brain with enormous honesty about (lack of) knowledge.

[Ralph64]

I heard Mr. Crichton speak at the Los Angeles Book Fair some years ago.

He had some great insight on the occupation of writing! We so-called writers are prone to exclamations like, "I'm just not in the mood to write today".

Crichton said, "What if airline pilots had that attitude? I don't feel like flying the plane today!"?

You are sorely missed, Michael. You had me hooked with "The Andromeda Strain".

[Ekkobelli]

@Heteroz

Doesn't look bad for his age there. He was already over 60 at that point, wasn't he?

You shouldn't be too sure about the smoking thing, as he quitted smoking long time ago.

He had throat cancer though, afaik.

[Heteroz]

Crichton doesnt have time for anything other than looking for his oxygen tank. He looks like shit.

[Heteroz]

Crichton is a jackass. Maybe he should go blow smoke up some republican congressmans ass instead of insisting that secondhand smoke is harmless. But isnt that why the fool died? from smoking?

[libbypw]

I think the "deep and secret human impulse" is fear. Maybe this fear made humans stick together in prehistoric times, but it has been mutated to the point people do not want to feel the intrinsic fear that individual responsibilities cause. That fear is a motivator, and I think that is why so many young people today embrace socialism. Their only motivation is to avoid fear. Giving ones liberties over to a totalitarian government removes that fear. Nanny states know this fear.

[LicoriceLain]

@Entropy56 Eh.... I am a Marxist, and there are only a couple changes I would like to see in our society. 1-people not feeling justified in dictating how another behaves. and 2-take the ability to swindle and fuck over everyone else from the rich. Just those two things. Everything else I want would only add, not take away.

[LicoriceLain]

@steinasaurus You underestimate teens (and children in general).

[LicoriceLain]

@mateo3470 Luckily, I know I am the kind of person who isn't scared by it. ;)

[mateo3470]

People crave predictability and certainty. On the other hand, the real world is complex and unpredictable, but that's why people rebel against it by means of statism or religion. Of course, you can't escape it, but a totalitarian point of view is like a cure-all drug to people. Moral clarity is returned to them and their role in the world becomes less ambiguous. It solves a basic existential crisis. It reduces the influence of the unknown. It's actually freedom that scares most people.

[IMPYEMU]

The creator of Jurassic Park!

[JohnnyMac2237]

One of my few heros. I genius..A Rational man.. and liberterian at heart.

He may not read fiction but I read his because he consolidates scientific fact into his readings and creates a fictional story it can be applied to.

You changed my life Mr. Crichton.