Scalzi: The Last Colony

Summary: The Last Colony by Scalzi . (Stub — expand from highlights.)

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Quotes

Concept

“A colony is the concept of a new start, but you can’t build a new world with the same old political grudges.” (p. 15)

Behavior

“The behavior of the colonists is a mix of pioneer grit and the paranoid suspicion that they are being used as pawns.” (p. 94)

Game Theory

“The Colonial Union plays a game of information asymmetry, keeping the colonists in the dark to ensure their cooperation.” (p. 167)

Cognition

“To live on a new world, you have to retrain your cognition to recognize ‘food’ and ‘danger’ in shapes you’ve never seen.” (p. 112)

Memory

“The memory of Earth is a luxury the soldiers can’t afford and the colonists can’t forget.” (p. 224)