# Quote — David Brin, The Transparent Society

> Alas, criticism has always been what human beings, especially leaders, most hate to hear.

- Author: [David Brin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-brin.md)
- Book: [The Transparent Society](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-brin/the-transparent-society.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/David_Brin#The_Transparent_Society_(1998)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-brin/the-transparent-society/alas-criticism-has

## More from this book

> In all of history, we have found just one cure for error—a partial antidote against making and repeating grand, foolish mistakes, a remedy against self-deception. That antidote is criticism.

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