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> [ Reciprocal accountability, or criticism \[is\] the only known antidote to error. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brin/reciprocal-accountability-or-criticism-is-the-only-known-antidote-to/)

[David Brin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brin/)

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> [In all of history, we have found just one cure for error—a partial antidote against making and repeating grand, foolish mistakes, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brin/in-all-of-history-we-have-found-just-one-cure-for-error-a-partial/)

[David Brin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brin/)

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> [Learn to control ego. Humans hold their dogmas and biases too tightly, and we only think that our opponents are dogmatic! But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brin/learn-to-control-ego-humans-hold-their-dogmas-and-biases-too-tightly/)

[David Brin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brin/)

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## Other authors on Antidote

## More by David Brin

> [Beware of self-indulgence. The romance surrounding the writing profession carries several myths: that one must suffer in order to be creative; that one must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brin/beware-of-self-indulgence-the-romance-surrounding-the-writing/)

[David Brin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brin/)

> [Anything done in secret is more likely to result in terrible errors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brin/anything-done-in-secret-is-more-likely-to-result-in-terrible-errors/)

[David Brin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brin/)

> [“Men can be brilliant and strong, they whispered to one another. But men can be mad, as well. And the mad ones can ruin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brin/men-can-be-brilliant-and-strong-they-whispered-to-one-another-but-men/)

[David Brin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brin/)

> [Strutting and preening is, in fact, the surest sign of an inferiority complex.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brin/strutting-and-preening-is-in-fact-the-surest-sign-of-an-inferiority/)

[David Brin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brin/)

> [“We aren’t a curse upon the world. We are her new eyes. Her brain, testes, ovaries . . . her ambition and her heart.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brin/we-aren-t-a-curse-upon-the-world-we-are-her-new-eyes-her-brain-testes/)

[David Brin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brin/)

> [If you believe you can make a living as a writer, you already have enough ego.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brin/if-you-believe-you-can-make-a-living-as-a-writer-you-already-have/)

[David Brin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brin/)

> [Historically, central planners have generally done a poor job of managing economic resources - this we've known since the time of the Pharaohs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brin/historically-central-planners-have-generally-done-a-poor-job-of/)

[David Brin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brin/)

> [A neurosis defends itself by coming up with rationalizations to explain away bizarre behavior.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brin/a-neurosis-defends-itself-by-coming-up-with-rationalizations-to/)

[David Brin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brin/)

> [Alas, criticism has always been what human beings, especially leaders, most hate to hear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brin/alas-criticism-has-always-been-what-human-beings-especially-leaders/)

[David Brin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brin/)

> [It's how creativity works. Especially in humans. For every good idea, ten thousand idiotic ones must first be posed, sifted, tried out, and discarded.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brin/it-s-how-creativity-works-especially-in-humans-for-every-good-idea/)

[David Brin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brin/)

> [Tragedies such as Nevil Shute's 'On the Beach' and Stanley Kubrick's 'Dr Strangelove' are so powerful because there's an underlying assumption that this did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brin/tragedies-such-as-nevil-shute-s-on-the-beach-and-stanley-kubrick-s-dr/)

[David Brin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brin/)

> [In contrast, markets - oft mythologized as "natural" are the most unnatural things going. Libertarians will tell you "market laws are laws of nature",…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brin/in-contrast-markets-oft-mythologized-as-natural-are-the-most/)

[David Brin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brin/)

> [“Snow and soot covered the ancient tree's broken branches and seared bark. It wasn't dead, not quite yet. Here and there tiny shoots of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brin/snow-and-soot-covered-the-ancient-tree-s-broken-branches-and-seared/)

[David Brin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brin/)

> [“As simple an act as reading or writing a sentence must be surrounded by perceptory nap and weave . . . an itch, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brin/as-simple-an-act-as-reading-or-writing-a-sentence-must-be-surrounded/)

[David Brin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brin/)

> [Ideologies are too seductive anyway. It does a man good to see things from a different point of view.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brin/ideologies-are-too-seductive-anyway-it-does-a-man-good-to-see-things/)

[David Brin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brin/)

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