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We've had science fiction novels where China is dominant; we've had novels where India is dominant, and I suppose it's all about getting away from that cliched old tired idea that the future belongs to the West.

I love Westerns. They're a unique creation of American mythology.

So American culture is itself a hybrid and lends itself to use in other people's hybrids.

Modern culture is a tremendous force.

Now, I know it's a widespread assumption in the West that as countries modernize, they also westernize. This is an illusion. It's an assumption that modernity is a product simply of competition, markets and technology. It is not. It is also shaped equally by history and culture. China is not like the West, and it will not become like the West.

Chinese culture has a lot of virtues that are tremendously valuable to not only us as Asian-Americans, but also the world in general.

The Futurists were an art movement in the early 20th century which basically glorified machines and the Industrial Revolution.

The relationship between East and West needs to be and can be fixed via pop culture.

The Chinese culture belongs not only to the Chinese but also to the whole world.

People always say I write a lot of pop culture references. Can somebody please count the pop culture references in 'Firefly?' Because I don't know how to put this to you, but there was one. I referenced The Beatles in the pilot.