I suppose you were the punchline

They were having problems with heaps of people speeding

Now they are solving the problem

An alternative solution

Nah that quote’s from the foreword, he’s talking about himself

“Because never in my entire childhood did I feel like a child. I felt like a person all along - the same person that I am today. I never felt that I spoke childishly. I never felt that my emotions and desires were somehow less real than adult emotions and desires.”
—Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game