In hindsight it may even seem inevitable that a socialist society will starve when it runs out of capitalists.

I do not believe they've run out of surprises.

In general, I don't know when inspiration will pop up.

I never got good at predicting what millions of people will suddenly decide is rational.

I'd visit the near future, close enough that someone might want to talk to Larry Niven and can figure out the language; distant enough to get me decent medical techniques and a ticket to the Moon.

Even socialist dictators have an interest in gorgeous supermodels.