How Did You Write the Language Instinct?

When you wrote the language instinct, it wasn't a foregone conclusion that it was going to be the success that it was. And having spent a little bit of time in academia myself, i at least at my part of academi the the academy doesn't necessarily value writing popular a science books. I didn't get pressure from your peers that this was not a good use of your time. The book brought a lot of attention to field, to the university, so they wele just fine with it. Now, there is i was warned about the sagan sindrom referring to karl sagan, thea carismatic astronomer who hosted the t d series cosmos.