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Good for my worldbuilding, bad for my world
One tool for inventing an imaginary story universe in science fiction is extrapolating from the present into the future. Granting corporations lots of extra power as the Supreme Court did recently is very good for my worldbuilding. But is very bad for the world I actually live in. Continue reading
Posted in Cold, Long Dark, Polis
Tagged Anchorage Baptist Temple, Anchorage Daily News, C.J. Cherryh, Chris, Citizens United v. FEC, Cold notes, collective intelligence, consensus, Consensus (Cold), corporations, corporations as persons, Cyteen, Dave, democracy, good government bad government, J.R.R. Tolkien, Juneau Empire, Kim Stanley Robinson, Long Dark notes, Lord of the Rings, Mars, Middle Earth, political corruption, science fiction, sociocracy, terraforming, Tom Anderson, VECO, worldbuilding, writing
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The Daily Tweets, 2010-02-04: Fata morgana, & new pipes
I saw fata morgana today — a mirage extension of the Alaska range north of Denali as seen from the 15th floor of one of the Denali towers. Photo here! Plus, all about the new pipes in my living room ceiling. So cool. Heh.
Posted in The Daily Tweets
Tagged Denali, fata morgana, leaks, Lord of the Rings, my apartment
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