Here is where the predictions failed: We didn't take Cargo Cult mentality into account: "if somebody has something I don't, he must have stolen it."
We didn't understand how good we could get at communication — when you have something that someone else doesn't, the whole damn planet knows it.


Space.com interview (2000)

Larry Niven Quotes

Here is where the predictions failed: We didn't take Cargo Cult mentality into account: if somebody has something I don't, he must have stolen it. We ...

Here is where the predictions failed: We didn't take Cargo Cult mentality into account: if somebody has something I don't, he must have stolen it. We ...

Here is where the predictions failed: We didn't take Cargo Cult mentality into account: if somebody has something I don't, he must have stolen it. We ...

Here is where the predictions failed: We didn't take Cargo Cult mentality into account: if somebody has something I don't, he must have stolen it. We ...