Science Fiction Medicine

For those of you not following along, in the current book of The Antithesis Progression, one character is using a hormone cocktail on another as a chemical leash. I’ve gotten some questions about what these weaponized chemicals are supposed to accomplish, how they’re supposed to work, and whether they’re a good choice for the [...]

No Comments »Filed under: Idle MusingsPosted on December 7th, 2009

Dealing In, Ep. 9 pt.1

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This one features Miss Kalendar along with Chris Lester and Kitty Nic’Iaian.
This is it, folks, the final round of Dealing In before we get to Down From Ten. We toast the successful conclusion of Predestination and look forward. Some info on Down From Ten here, as well as some very involved conversations [...]

No Comments »Filed under: Podcasts, PredestinationPosted on June 3rd, 2009

Dealing In, Episode 8 pt. 1

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Part 1 of the final Dealing In (well, the final one before the end of the book) is here! This week’s serves up a mountain of your emails on a range of topics including:
Old Europe
Bastiat’s Principle
Buried Alive In The Blues
Steampunk (Van Der Meer, Broadmore, Carriger)
Soulless by Gail Carriger
The Red Panda and Black Jack [...]

No Comments »Filed under: Podcasts, PredestinationPosted on April 23rd, 2009

TED of the day: Patient Capitalism

Your moment of thoughtiness for the day:
Jacqueline Novogratz discusses markets and foreign aid and underclass empowerment in Africa.  Worth every second.

No Comments »Filed under: Autodidact, Idle Musings, Public Policy, Unsavory ExcursionsPosted on November 21st, 2008

Electile Dysfunction: Bungling Science pt. 1

It’s ironic, really.  America has been the science and technology innovation engine of the world since the days of Thomas Edison, being joined in supremacy by Japan by the last decade of the 20th century.  And yet, despite an amazingly vibrant tech industry (whose growth remains fairly unhindered despite the dot com crash and the [...]

No Comments »Filed under: Idle Musings, Public Policy, SciencePosted on October 26th, 2008
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