Noah Smith & Brad DeLong Record the Podcast We, at Least, Would Like to Listen to!; Aspirationally Bi-Weekly (Meaning Every Other Week); Aspirationally an hour...
A fun listen. I will henceforth collectively refer to TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, and particularly X as "the Blight". I will describe frequent users as various anatomical appendages of the Blight. Can one fight the Blight from within, or is amputation the best treatment? I recommend the latter.
I'm puzzled by the fact that so few people remark on the concept of "YGBM" (You Gotta Believe Me) technology that Vinge explored in Rainbow's End -- this I think would be very worthy of a deep dive sometime in the future!
A couple smart guys like Brad and Noah might find the idea of life time learning attractive. However, no blue collar worker in middle age wants to go to "high school" after working all day in in order to keep their job or learn skills for a new job. (They might agree to learning new skills if they get paid for it and can do so during normal work hours.)
I am just finishing A Deepness in teh Sky after it being on my TBR pile long after reading AFUTD. I find that the spiders are far more interesting than the machinations of the humans. (Ian McDonard's Luna series is far better in this regard.) Rainbows End is a far better novel than either, IMO.
I agree with your ranking of the novels, but I can't stop myself from mentioning that the French title of "Marooned in Real Time" is of surpassing excellence; it is "La Captive du Temps Perdu".
A fun listen. I will henceforth collectively refer to TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, and particularly X as "the Blight". I will describe frequent users as various anatomical appendages of the Blight. Can one fight the Blight from within, or is amputation the best treatment? I recommend the latter.
I'm puzzled by the fact that so few people remark on the concept of "YGBM" (You Gotta Believe Me) technology that Vinge explored in Rainbow's End -- this I think would be very worthy of a deep dive sometime in the future!
A couple smart guys like Brad and Noah might find the idea of life time learning attractive. However, no blue collar worker in middle age wants to go to "high school" after working all day in in order to keep their job or learn skills for a new job. (They might agree to learning new skills if they get paid for it and can do so during normal work hours.)
That would be he way to do it.
A super intelligent dog would be even better at manipulating their owners than ordinary dogs.
I am just finishing A Deepness in teh Sky after it being on my TBR pile long after reading AFUTD. I find that the spiders are far more interesting than the machinations of the humans. (Ian McDonard's Luna series is far better in this regard.) Rainbows End is a far better novel than either, IMO.
I agree with your ranking of the novels, but I can't stop myself from mentioning that the French title of "Marooned in Real Time" is of surpassing excellence; it is "La Captive du Temps Perdu".