What John Scalzi thinks about agency
American science fiction novelist (Old Man's War, Redshirts, The Kaiju Preservation Society); has run the blog Whatever since 1998.
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1 dated position, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what John Scalzi has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Our readingA person with a wide enough reach can sculpt bespoke truths for a whole society very quickly.
Their wordsIt was fascinating to observe that it takes hardly any time at all for a person with a wide enough reach to sculpt bespoke truths for a whole society.