Carlos Chiriboga

And I do think that the default state of humanity is cooperation, collaboration, and getting along.

And it's very easy to get a negative view when you look at the news or whatever because you see all this negativity, all these bad things happening.

But just remember, when you're watching that, the bad things are on the news because bad things are newsworthy.

They are rare.

You don't report things that happen a thousand million times a day.

That's not news.

So if somebody trips at an intersection and breaks their leg in a city, seven or eight people gather around, pull them out of the road, call 911, wait for an ambulance, maybe get the guy some water, ask if there's any relatives they can call.

A bunch of strangers will come together and help that person.

And you're not going to see that on the news because it's so overwhelmingly expected and ordinary for people to do that.

that it doesn't even register.

It's like the vast majority of people in that situation would do the same thing.

It's automatic.

So I have a high opinion of humanity and cooperation.

Well, I mean, he's not as handsome as I am, obviously.

Not quite.

I mean, but there's only so much.

He can try.

He's just a mortal man.

No.

So interestingly, Rylan Grace is the first character of mine in a book that isn't directly based on my own personality.