Comments on: “You Can Never Be Cynical Enough”

By: karen wester newton

karen wester newton — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:53:09 +0000

I thought it was totally cool we had Krugman at Worldcon, and even cooler that he so obviously enjoyed being there– maybe part of that was no one there had heard his economist jokes. I missed the conversation with Charlie Stross but I really enjoyed the talk about drawing inspiration from science fiction.

By: tredecimal

tredecimal — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 07:35:39 +0000

“Fungi are nature’s internet” – I would think that is probably from Paul Stamets. He rocks. I listened to one of his talks on youtube the other day and felt almost sports-team like emotions about fungi.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:29:54 +0000

[Adding to my previous comment which I guess can be removed] Charlie's own post has a to the transcript as well as an audio recording of the conversation.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:48:37 +0000

For Mike, and others interested in the Krugman/Stross talk, a transcript can be found here.

By: Raja

Raja — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:51:46 +0000

Since I was in Montreal with my girlfriend, who had never been there before, I only ducked into WorldCon for one panel: “Are We Conscious And Does It Matter?” I enjoyed it — that was the “fungi are nature’s internet” one. I thought it was James Morrow who said it.

I missed the Saturday morning reading on account of an appointment with the porcelain god on Friday night, but friends who attended expressed similar sentiments to Jeff’s.

By: Jeff LeBlanc

Jeff LeBlanc — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:24:00 +0000

Clearly I need more sleep. I meant to say your reading was awesome.

By: Jeff LeBlanc

Jeff LeBlanc — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:22:59 +0000

Peter, your reading awesome. Please, if the legal issues prevent you from finding a paid venue, do consider posting the story for free to your site.

By: Peter Watts

Peter Watts — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:59:08 +0000

Waaahhhhh!!!! Okay, I think I got those names completely mixed up. The guy who wrote the BSG critique was Brad Templeton, and the relevant post is here. Apologies to all misnamed.

By: Peter Watts

Peter Watts — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:59:03 +0000

Waaahhhhh!!!! Okay, I think I got those names completely mixed up. The guy who wrote the BSG critique was Brad Templeton, and the relevant post is here. Apologies to all misnamed.

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 12:07:16 +0000

Peter, do you have a linky for Tom Galloway’s BSG finale critique? Google isn’t finding it (and the top hit for “tom galloway eff” is this blog post, which can’t be right).

By: Mike G.

Mike G. — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 06:10:50 +0000

Just a pet peeve of mine. There are five Nobel Prizes: physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace. Paul Krugman won the Bank of Sweden’s very prestigious “Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel”, which has been effectively marketed as a Nobel Prize.

I’d love to read more about Krugman’s talks BTW.