#anathem — Public Fediverse posts
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@rooneymcnibnug @aaron the beginning of a rampant botnet ecology?
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@rooneymcnibnug @aaron the beginning of a rampant botnet ecology?
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@rooneymcnibnug @aaron the beginning of a rampant botnet ecology?
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@rooneymcnibnug @aaron the beginning of a rampant botnet ecology?
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@rooneymcnibnug @aaron the beginning of a rampant botnet ecology?
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Can't stop thinking about the world building exercise/setup in Stephenson's Anathem where the "avout" (aka intelligentsia) were forced to live in gated monastic communities isolated to varying degrees (and by rank[1]) from secular society. This setup was decided on for a number of self-serving reasons (by the avout), but also largely imposed on them due to a long history where technology & academic pursuits led to several catastrophic events, incl. periodic civilizational collapses triggered by knowledge/research either being weaponized, irresponsibly commercialized and/or unleashed at a rate which society simply couldn't culturally/ethically/politically handle...
He (Stephenson) termed these events "Praxic crises" to emphasize that these kinds of disaster happen when purely theoretical insight is employed as real-world technology (praxis) without any restraint. In reality, there obviously isn't such a clear-cut separation between "purely theoretical knowledge" and its applications (POSIWID etc.) and that also forms part of the basis of this book's premise... I think we also very well know all the causes for such crises: From extreme short-term incentives (profit, war, perceived control/power), lack of ethical/philosophical grounding among decision makers (amplified by political power hierarchies), first-to-market pressures vs. deep understanding & balancing of impacts, but also severe lack of institutional regulation & memory (partially due to cyclic collapse and social amnesia)...
Food for thought...
[1] Monastic rank influenced degree of isolation: Unarians were allowed a few days outside each year, Decenarians every 10 years, Centenarians every 100 years, Millenarians only opened every 1000 years...
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Can't stop thinking about the world building exercise/setup in Stephenson's Anathem where the "avout" (aka intelligentsia) were forced to live in gated monastic communities isolated to varying degrees (and by rank[1]) from secular society. This setup was decided on for a number of self-serving reasons (by the avout), but also largely imposed on them due to a long history where technology & academic pursuits led to several catastrophic events, incl. periodic civilizational collapses triggered by knowledge/research either being weaponized, irresponsibly commercialized and/or unleashed at a rate which society simply couldn't culturally/ethically/politically handle...
He (Stephenson) termed these events "Praxic crises" to emphasize that these kinds of disaster happen when purely theoretical insight is employed as real-world technology (praxis) without any restraint. In reality, there obviously isn't such a clear-cut separation between "purely theoretical knowledge" and its applications (POSIWID etc.) and that also forms part of the basis of this book's premise... I think we also very well know all the causes for such crises: From extreme short-term incentives (profit, war, perceived control/power), lack of ethical/philosophical grounding among decision makers (amplified by political power hierarchies), first-to-market pressures vs. deep understanding & balancing of impacts, but also severe lack of institutional regulation & memory (partially due to cyclic collapse and social amnesia)...
Food for thought...
[1] Monastic rank influenced degree of isolation: Unarians were allowed a few days outside each year, Decenarians every 10 years, Centenarians every 100 years, Millenarians only opened every 1000 years...
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Can't stop thinking about the world building exercise/setup in Stephenson's Anathem where the "avout" (aka intelligentsia) were forced to live in gated monastic communities isolated to varying degrees (and by rank[1]) from secular society. This setup was decided on for a number of self-serving reasons (by the avout), but also largely imposed on them due to a long history where technology & academic pursuits led to several catastrophic events, incl. periodic civilizational collapses triggered by knowledge/research either being weaponized, irresponsibly commercialized and/or unleashed at a rate which society simply couldn't culturally/ethically/politically handle...
He (Stephenson) termed these events "Praxic crises" to emphasize that these kinds of disaster happen when purely theoretical insight is employed as real-world technology (praxis) without any restraint. In reality, there obviously isn't such a clear-cut separation between "purely theoretical knowledge" and its applications (POSIWID etc.) and that also forms part of the basis of this book's premise... I think we also very well know all the causes for such crises: From extreme short-term incentives (profit, war, perceived control/power), lack of ethical/philosophical grounding among decision makers (amplified by political power hierarchies), first-to-market pressures vs. deep understanding & balancing of impacts, but also severe lack of institutional regulation & memory (partially due to cyclic collapse and social amnesia)...
Food for thought...
[1] Monastic rank influenced degree of isolation: Unarians were allowed a few days outside each year, Decenarians every 10 years, Centenarians every 100 years, Millenarians only opened every 1000 years...
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Can't stop thinking about the world building exercise/setup in Stephenson's Anathem where the "avout" (aka intelligentsia) were forced to live in gated monastic communities isolated to varying degrees (and by rank[1]) from secular society. This setup was decided on for a number of self-serving reasons (by the avout), but also largely imposed on them due to a long history where technology & academic pursuits led to several catastrophic events, incl. periodic civilizational collapses triggered by knowledge/research either being weaponized, irresponsibly commercialized and/or unleashed at a rate which society simply couldn't culturally/ethically/politically handle...
He (Stephenson) termed these events "Praxic crises" to emphasize that these kinds of disaster happen when purely theoretical insight is employed as real-world technology (praxis) without any restraint. In reality, there obviously isn't such a clear-cut separation between "purely theoretical knowledge" and its applications (POSIWID etc.) and that also forms part of the basis of this book's premise... I think we also very well know all the causes for such crises: From extreme short-term incentives (profit, war, perceived control/power), lack of ethical/philosophical grounding among decision makers (amplified by political power hierarchies), first-to-market pressures vs. deep understanding & balancing of impacts, but also severe lack of institutional regulation & memory (partially due to cyclic collapse and social amnesia)...
Food for thought...
[1] Monastic rank influenced degree of isolation: Unarians were allowed a few days outside each year, Decenarians every 10 years, Centenarians every 100 years, Millenarians only opened every 1000 years...
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Can't stop thinking about the world building exercise/setup in Stephenson's Anathem where the "avout" (aka intelligentsia) were forced to live in gated monastic communities isolated to varying degrees (and by rank[1]) from secular society. This setup was decided on for a number of self-serving reasons (by the avout), but also largely imposed on them due to a long history where technology & academic pursuits led to several catastrophic events, incl. periodic civilizational collapses triggered by knowledge/research either being weaponized, irresponsibly commercialized and/or unleashed at a rate which society simply couldn't culturally/ethically/politically handle...
He (Stephenson) termed these events "Praxic crises" to emphasize that these kinds of disaster happen when purely theoretical insight is employed as real-world technology (praxis) without any restraint. In reality, there obviously isn't such a clear-cut separation between "purely theoretical knowledge" and its applications (POSIWID etc.) and that also forms part of the basis of this book's premise... I think we also very well know all the causes for such crises: From extreme short-term incentives (profit, war, perceived control/power), lack of ethical/philosophical grounding among decision makers (amplified by political power hierarchies), first-to-market pressures vs. deep understanding & balancing of impacts, but also severe lack of institutional regulation & memory (partially due to cyclic collapse and social amnesia)...
Food for thought...
[1] Monastic rank influenced degree of isolation: Unarians were allowed a few days outside each year, Decenarians every 10 years, Centenarians every 100 years, Millenarians only opened every 1000 years...
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@dgar #SciFi the author #NealStephenson introduces someone's #steelyard test for the same purpose. In another of the hypothetical #ManyWorlds
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@dgar #SciFi the author #NealStephenson introduces someone's #steelyard test for the same purpose. In another of the hypothetical #ManyWorlds
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@dgar #SciFi the author #NealStephenson introduces someone's #steelyard test for the same purpose. In another of the hypothetical #ManyWorlds
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@dgar #SciFi the author #NealStephenson introduces someone's #steelyard test for the same purpose. In another of the hypothetical #ManyWorlds
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@dgar #SciFi the author #NealStephenson introduces someone's #steelyard test for the same purpose. In another of the hypothetical #ManyWorlds
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Anathem by Neil Stephenson, a Sci-Fi masterpiece is on sale on Audible for 6$ until the end of March.
It was recently rereviewed for the SFBRP Must-Read List.
https://www.sfbrp.com/archives/2412
(Note that since the book was published in 2008, this is a spoiler rich episode).
For a spoiler conscious discussion you can go back to Luke's 2009 review of Anathem:
https://www.sfbrp.com/archives/127
#SFBRP #NeilStephenson #anathem #ScienceFiction #BookSale #audible #podcast
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Anathem by Neil Stephenson, a Sci-Fi masterpiece is on sale on Audible for 6$ until the end of March.
It was recently rereviewed for the SFBRP Must-Read List.
https://www.sfbrp.com/archives/2412
(Note that since the book was published in 2008, this is a spoiler rich episode).
For a spoiler conscious discussion you can go back to Luke's 2009 review of Anathem:
https://www.sfbrp.com/archives/127
#SFBRP #NeilStephenson #anathem #ScienceFiction #BookSale #audible #podcast
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Anathem by Neil Stephenson, a Sci-Fi masterpiece is on sale on Audible for 6$ until the end of March.
It was recently rereviewed for the SFBRP Must-Read List.
https://www.sfbrp.com/archives/2412
(Note that since the book was published in 2008, this is a spoiler rich episode).
For a spoiler conscious discussion you can go back to Luke's 2009 review of Anathem:
https://www.sfbrp.com/archives/127
#SFBRP #NeilStephenson #anathem #ScienceFiction #BookSale #audible #podcast
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Anathem by Neil Stephenson, a Sci-Fi masterpiece is on sale on Audible for 6$ until the end of March.
It was recently rereviewed for the SFBRP Must-Read List.
https://www.sfbrp.com/archives/2412
(Note that since the book was published in 2008, this is a spoiler rich episode).
For a spoiler conscious discussion you can go back to Luke's 2009 review of Anathem:
https://www.sfbrp.com/archives/127
#SFBRP #NeilStephenson #anathem #ScienceFiction #BookSale #audible #podcast
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Anathem by Neil Stephenson, a Sci-Fi masterpiece is on sale on Audible for 6$ until the end of March.
It was recently rereviewed for the SFBRP Must-Read List.
https://www.sfbrp.com/archives/2412
(Note that since the book was published in 2008, this is a spoiler rich episode).
For a spoiler conscious discussion you can go back to Luke's 2009 review of Anathem:
https://www.sfbrp.com/archives/127
#SFBRP #NeilStephenson #anathem #ScienceFiction #BookSale #audible #podcast
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@cathill one of our local stars tends to use a wide angle.
A larger #sensor will show less #noise on long exposures.
In #SciFi a fisheye telescope sits atop the math in #Anathem by #NealStephenson recording 180° of the sky all round. #Clepsythra's Eye. -
@cathill one of our local stars tends to use a wide angle.
A larger #sensor will show less #noise on long exposures.
In #SciFi a fisheye telescope sits atop the math in #Anathem by #NealStephenson recording 180° of the sky all round. #Clepsythra's Eye. -
@cathill one of our local stars tends to use a wide angle.
A larger #sensor will show less #noise on long exposures.
In #SciFi a fisheye telescope sits atop the math in #Anathem by #NealStephenson recording 180° of the sky all round. #Clepsythra's Eye. -
@cathill one of our local stars tends to use a wide angle.
A larger #sensor will show less #noise on long exposures.
In #SciFi a fisheye telescope sits atop the math in #Anathem by #NealStephenson recording 180° of the sky all round. #Clepsythra's Eye. -
@AkaSci
#NealStephenson the #SciFi author makes some use of them in his large interesting novel #AnathemWhich also has some echoes of what, perhaps, scientists might consider around this period of Administration of the USA.
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@AkaSci
#NealStephenson the #SciFi author makes some use of them in his large interesting novel #AnathemWhich also has some echoes of what, perhaps, scientists might consider around this period of Administration of the USA.
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@AkaSci
#NealStephenson the #SciFi author makes some use of them in his large interesting novel #AnathemWhich also has some echoes of what, perhaps, scientists might consider around this period of Administration of the USA.
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@AkaSci
#NealStephenson the #SciFi author makes some use of them in his large interesting novel #AnathemWhich also has some echoes of what, perhaps, scientists might consider around this period of Administration of the USA.
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@AkaSci
#NealStephenson the #SciFi author makes some use of them in his large interesting novel #AnathemWhich also has some echoes of what, perhaps, scientists might consider around this period of Administration of the USA.
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@cstross @stevenaleach
Universities hang around. Building a department which can sustain an area of study through many generations of graduate students, PhDs and professorships wouldn't be trivial.#Anathem doesn't seem ridiculous on that.
The Long Range Foundation is even better named for this than the Long Now, albeit the latter is real.
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@cstross @stevenaleach
Universities hang around. Building a department which can sustain an area of study through many generations of graduate students, PhDs and professorships wouldn't be trivial.#Anathem doesn't seem ridiculous on that.
The Long Range Foundation is even better named for this than the Long Now, albeit the latter is real.
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@cstross @stevenaleach
Universities hang around. Building a department which can sustain an area of study through many generations of graduate students, PhDs and professorships wouldn't be trivial.#Anathem doesn't seem ridiculous on that.
The Long Range Foundation is even better named for this than the Long Now, albeit the latter is real.
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@cstross @stevenaleach
Universities hang around. Building a department which can sustain an area of study through many generations of graduate students, PhDs and professorships wouldn't be trivial.#Anathem doesn't seem ridiculous on that.
The Long Range Foundation is even better named for this than the Long Now, albeit the latter is real.
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@cstross @stevenaleach
Universities hang around. Building a department which can sustain an area of study through many generations of graduate students, PhDs and professorships wouldn't be trivial.#Anathem doesn't seem ridiculous on that.
The Long Range Foundation is even better named for this than the Long Now, albeit the latter is real.
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@jaztrophysicist
Neal Stephenson, in his large #SciFi novel #Anathem introduces the Lorites, a mathic community who specialise in knowing, and telling people, if something had been thought about and out previously.On the one hand they can save a lot of work...
Good book.
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@jaztrophysicist
Neal Stephenson, in his large #SciFi novel #Anathem introduces the Lorites, a mathic community who specialise in knowing, and telling people, if something had been thought about and out previously.On the one hand they can save a lot of work...
Good book.
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@jaztrophysicist
Neal Stephenson, in his large #SciFi novel #Anathem introduces the Lorites, a mathic community who specialise in knowing, and telling people, if something had been thought about and out previously.On the one hand they can save a lot of work...
Good book.
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@jaztrophysicist
Neal Stephenson, in his large #SciFi novel #Anathem introduces the Lorites, a mathic community who specialise in knowing, and telling people, if something had been thought about and out previously.On the one hand they can save a lot of work...
Good book.
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@jaztrophysicist
Neal Stephenson, in his large #SciFi novel #Anathem introduces the Lorites, a mathic community who specialise in knowing, and telling people, if something had been thought about and out previously.On the one hand they can save a lot of work...
Good book.
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@glynmoody If we are heading for a Rampant Botnet Ecology then let it be Orphaned as early as possible.
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@glynmoody If we are heading for a Rampant Botnet Ecology then let it be Orphaned as early as possible.
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@glynmoody If we are heading for a Rampant Botnet Ecology then let it be Orphaned as early as possible.
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@glynmoody If we are heading for a Rampant Botnet Ecology then let it be Orphaned as early as possible.
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I also started reading "Anathem" by Neal Stephenson, having really enjoyed both “Snow Crash" and “Seveneves”.
The story starts first about 20% into the book, and the world building is heavy in the first fifth. It's not a book I'd recommend to someone who's just starting with sci-fi, but I enjoyed trusting the process that I'd understand all the new terms eventually.
If it keeps being this good, Stephenson is 3 for 3 in my book.
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I also started reading "Anathem" by Neal Stephenson, having really enjoyed both “Snow Crash" and “Seveneves”.
The story starts first about 20% into the book, and the world building is heavy in the first fifth. It's not a book I'd recommend to someone who's just starting with sci-fi, but I enjoyed trusting the process that I'd understand all the new terms eventually.
If it keeps being this good, Stephenson is 3 for 3 in my book.