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Revolutions are, by definition, unpredictable. A predictable revolution never erupts.
Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari
INTERROGATOR: Do you understand Trisolaran civilization? YE WENJIE: No. We received only very limited information. No one has real, detailed knowledge of Trisolaran civilization except Mike Evans and other core members of the Adventists who intercepted their messages. INTERROGATOR: Then why do you have such hope for it, thinking that it can reform and perfect human society? YE: If they can cross the distance between the stars to come to our world, their science must have developed to a very advanced stage. A society with such advanced science must also have more advanced moral standards. INTERROGATOR: Do you think this conclusion you drew is scientific? YE:… INTERROGATOR: Let me presume to guess: Your father was deeply influenced by your grandfather’s belief that only science could save China. And you were deeply influenced by your father. YE: (sighing quietly) I don’t know.
The Three-Body Problem
Cixin Liu and Ken Liu
“Naturally, since I myself am a writer, I do not wish the ordinary reader to read no modern books. But if he must read only the new or only the old, I would advise him to read the old. And I would give him this advice precisely because he is an amateur and therefore much less protected than the expert against the dangers of an exclusive contemporary diet. A new book is still on its trial and the amateur is not in a position to judge it. It has to be tested against the great body of Christian thought down the ages, and all its hidden implications (often unsuspected by the author himself) have to be brought to light. Often it cannot be fully understood without the knowledge of a good many other modern books.”
— C.S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis on Reading Old Books
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