Andy Weir

I guess one way I differ from a lot of other sci-fi writers is that I have a very optimistic view of humanity.

And those books back then, they did.

These were science fiction universes that you would want to live in.

They had their problems.

The characters had their problems.

And there might even be a space war going on or something like that.

But it was still pretty awesome.

And I feel it's really too bad that a lot of science fiction has been hijacked by these miserable dystopian hellscapes where teenagers doing random shit is the only way to save the day.

And I'm just like, no.

And honestly, I think humanity is good.

I mean, we notice right away it's newsworthy when humanity is bad.

But the fact that we hyper-focus on it and notice it so much when humanity is bad should show you that the default is that we're good.

One thing I like to do when I'm at live events and stuff like that is I challenge the audience and I say, name any technology that has ever been invented.

that has done more harm than good.

Name anything.

And, you know, whatever it is they name, I'll be able to tell them, like, yeah, well, what about this?

Atomic bomb?

Atomic bomb?

Okay, nuclear power.

How many people have not died in coal mines