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You talked smack about Spin State on PZ's site two years ago...
Date: 2008-12-03 22:01 (UTC)From: (Anonymous)However, it was worth it to see John C Wright complain a bit, even though I thought you were pretty unfair to him. He is nuts, but he's a better writer than you give him credit for...
As far as spin state goes, yeah, I recognize that the science is iffy--as in absolutely no way this works without gravity being wildly different than what we think it is. On the other hand, I thought the whole miners in space crack ludicrously unfair. Mining has never been an endeavour that was susceptible to wholesale replacement of labor with capital.
Anyways, I think the chief value of Spin State, at least, is that it is a cover of Ghost In the Shell, and one that is vastly superior to the SAC version, which is the best iteration of GitS.
Anyways, I had just reread the book and was motivated to give this late response...Feel free to delete, since I couldn't actually find your email addy. I will check out more of your website, it looks interesting.
Re: You talked smack about Spin State on PZ's site two years ago...
Date: 2008-12-03 22:33 (UTC)From:I'd bet modern miners have more capital and better tools than the basically 19th century mining Moriarty had. Bulldozers and drilling machines and crushers vs. people with pick-axes. Even more to the point, this universe has AI, and mining should thus be quite susceptible to mining robots, even if the condensates need a delicate touch.
I've only seen the two GitS movies; I admit a connection escapes me, not that I remember the book well.