Interviews with Kim Stanley Robinson and Cory Doctorow, the millimeter turbine, the Moebius underworld…

• 1 – When Cory Doctorow Ruled the World

  “Interviewing Cory Doctorow is easy. You just flip the on switch by asking the first question, and he emits a constant stream of brilliant, insightful stuff.” Interviewed by R. U. Sirius.

  (tags: commons creative technology politics literature language interview internet copyright sf scfi fiction science Doctorow Cory author writer)

• 2 – Engine on a Chip – the Dream of the Personal Turbine

  “After a decade of work, the first millimeter size turbine engine developed by researchers at MIT should become operational by the end of this summer.”

  (tags: technology power propulsion innovation nanotech mechanics battery engine turbine millimeter)

• 3 – Moebius Underworld

  “The mathematician soon discovers [...] that the subway system, with its countless add-ons over the years, has become so incredibly labyrinthine [that] a gigantic Moebius strip was unwittingly created which the missing train is now trapped on.”

  (tags: topography mathematics strip Moebius film movie architecture obscure)

• 4 – Everyday Stoicism or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Enjoy the Show

  “In particular, the Ancients really knew how to live well and started hacking great ways to deal with the effects of technology from the moment Prometheus gave us fire.” Funny, but also very wise.

  (tags: technology culture society life stoicism everyday philosophy attitude lifehacks)

• 5 – Kim Stanley Robinson interviewed

  “I believe in science fiction as being the genre of novels best able to capture the feel of our times, especially in the developed and industrialized West.” Via Sir Bruce of Sterling.

  (tags: warming global change climate interview Robinson Stanley Kim sf scifi fiction science writer author)

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