You can’t afford anthropomorphic biases when some of the aliens most like us would rather make human hamburgers than peace.

Making peace is often a simple thing, but simple isn’t the same thing as easy.

[I]t was designed to operate with minimal assistance from humans, who were without exception the moving part most likely to fail.

Part of what makes us human is what we mean to other people, and what people mean to us. I miss meaning something to someone, having that part of being human.

I would say I'm a medium-sized 'Star Trek' fan. I love the universe that it's created.

Racism is not dead. Definitely, there are these biases.