Unfortunately our nation, nay, our world, is run by evil morons.

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If you think of your life as a kind of computation, it's quite abundantly clear...

If you think of your life as a kind of computation, it's quite abundantly clear...

I think dry nanotechnology is probably a dead-end.

I think dry nanotechnology is probably a dead-end.

Science fiction writers put characters into a world with arbitrary rules and work out what...

Science fiction writers put characters into a world with arbitrary rules and work out what...

Advice to beginning SF writers? Write a lot, finish what you write, and when it's...

Advice to beginning SF writers? Write a lot, finish what you write, and when it's...

In any case, A New Kind of Science is a wonderful book, and I'm still...

In any case, A New Kind of Science is a wonderful book, and I'm still...

Lately I've been working to convince myself that everything is a computation.

Lately I've been working to convince myself that everything is a computation.

Computations are everywhere, once you begin to look at things in a certain way.

Computations are everywhere, once you begin to look at things in a certain way.

But how does it feel to plug into a system that's say, a million times...

But how does it feel to plug into a system that's say, a million times...

All living things are gnarly, in that they inevitably do things that are much more...

All living things are gnarly, in that they inevitably do things that are much more...

I like to do things that are surprising and different.

I like to do things that are surprising and different.

Electronic distribution is more of a fall-back strategy for putting out a book that isn't...

Electronic distribution is more of a fall-back strategy for putting out a book that isn't...

It's tedious to watch something very obvious being worked out, like a movie that's not...

It's tedious to watch something very obvious being worked out, like a movie that's not...

Some ideas you have to chew on, then roll them around a lot, play with...

Some ideas you have to chew on, then roll them around a lot, play with...

Traditional science is all about finding shortcuts.

Traditional science is all about finding shortcuts.

Selling a book or story has never become absolutely automatic for me.

Selling a book or story has never become absolutely automatic for me.

If we suppose that many natural phenomena are in effect computations, the study of computer...

If we suppose that many natural phenomena are in effect computations, the study of computer...

At present, however, I don't think the Net is a very good medium for books,...

At present, however, I don't think the Net is a very good medium for books,...

If all else fails, there's always print or web zines.

If all else fails, there's always print or web zines.

A computation is a process that obeys finitely describable rules.

A computation is a process that obeys finitely describable rules.

One of the nice things about science fiction is that it lets us carry out...

One of the nice things about science fiction is that it lets us carry out...