What John Scalzi thinks about motivation
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 readingThe things that excite adults are different from what excited them when they were younger.
Their wordsGetting new major appliances was also a reminder that as an adult, the things you get excited and happy about are very different from what you’d get excited about when you were younger.