John Brunner on what people want, mainly (nonfiction)

"What people want, mainly, is to be told by some plausible authority that what they are already doing is right. I don't know know of a quicker way to become unpopular than to disagree." —John Brunner.

John Brunner, in his novel The Jagged Orbit, writes:

What people want, mainly, is to be told by some plausible authority that what they are already doing is right. I don't know know of a quicker way to become unpopular than to disagree.

Context

The phrase is in the form of an epigram attributed to fictional character Xavier Conroy.

In the News

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  John Kilian Houston Brunner (24 September 1934 – 26 August 1995) was a British author of science fiction novels and stories.

Fiction cross-reference

• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles

Nonfiction cross-reference

• John Brunner (nonfiction)
• Karl Jones (nonfiction)
• The Jagged Orbit (nonfiction)

External links

• Post @ Twitter (10 May 2021)
• The Jagged Orbit @ Goodreads