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Pharyngula
Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal
This conversation, initially scheduled for last Saturday, was postponed. It will happen today, I promise!
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The thing I’m worried about these days is all the tech bros who look at cyberpunk dystopias and use that as their model.
One setting I think I’ll look at again: There’s a TTRPG called Coyote & Crow made by a Native American team that envisions an alternate history and future. A meteor impact put the kibosh on colonialism and leaves the Americas to develop into their own solar punk future. One little detail I like: Public “Gats,” which are 3D printers that recycle biomass waste into cheap biodegradable & disposable goods. Would love it if we could move to bioplastics or the like IRL.
It has some fantasy elements in that magic and spirits are coming back, so it’s not exactly hard sci-fi. I think it pretty well overestimates how much you can get away with on solar energy, too. Still, I’d like to see more stuff in a similar vein.
@1– I’m not sure techbros are all that influenced by their literary diet. SpaceX names a lot of machines in the style of Iain M. Banks’ Culture novels, but it’s clear that Musk is doing it just because he thinks it’s cool, not because he has any awareness of what the books are about.