I'll believe the promise those intertwining threads hold only when new technologies like AI and ML are combined with other existing ones like gene editing and 3-D printing are used to solve hard problems such as health equity by class, gender, and race among Americans. Until then, these new technologies will be nothing more than platforms for only the rich and powerful to use and benefit from. I enjoyed reading your article though and wish you well in your writing and business endeavors.
We wanted flying cars and we got them. They are called Airplanes. We don’t often realize the things we have today are a mix of so many separate elements of yesterday because they simply are beyond how we first imagined them.
The central nexus of our economy is Money. (Sorry,but..) and (writ large). At some point that's the "show me" proposition. I like it, but reputation doesn't feed the bulldog (usually).
Sci-Fi is linear and not that combinatory? For biology see Peter F. Hamilton, Neal Asher, Greg Bear and David Brin, for computer "vision" see Neal Stephenson and (Neal Asher, again), I could go on and on and on. I like your points but you aren't trying very hard. A lot of good sci fi has come up with way more possibilities, it's what's fun about it!
The Culture Series is excellent, a worthy and fun endeavour to get through it. If you like that you will almost certainly enjoy David Brin and Peter F. Hamilton. Their books are long, so lots to look forward to!
I'll believe the promise those intertwining threads hold only when new technologies like AI and ML are combined with other existing ones like gene editing and 3-D printing are used to solve hard problems such as health equity by class, gender, and race among Americans. Until then, these new technologies will be nothing more than platforms for only the rich and powerful to use and benefit from. I enjoyed reading your article though and wish you well in your writing and business endeavors.
We wanted flying cars and we got them. They are called Airplanes. We don’t often realize the things we have today are a mix of so many separate elements of yesterday because they simply are beyond how we first imagined them.
The central nexus of our economy is Money. (Sorry,but..) and (writ large). At some point that's the "show me" proposition. I like it, but reputation doesn't feed the bulldog (usually).
Sci-Fi is linear and not that combinatory? For biology see Peter F. Hamilton, Neal Asher, Greg Bear and David Brin, for computer "vision" see Neal Stephenson and (Neal Asher, again), I could go on and on and on. I like your points but you aren't trying very hard. A lot of good sci fi has come up with way more possibilities, it's what's fun about it!
Fair! I actually haven't read most of them other than Neal Stephenson, and I've been reading a lot of it. Doing Culture series as we speak.
The Culture Series is excellent, a worthy and fun endeavour to get through it. If you like that you will almost certainly enjoy David Brin and Peter F. Hamilton. Their books are long, so lots to look forward to!
Just started reading the Culture Series — half way through book 1 and it’s starting to get really good.