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David Brin

David Brin
Location
San Diego, California, USA
Birthday
October 06
Bio
http://www.davidbrin.com David Brin’s novels have been translated into more than twenty languages, including New York Times Best-sellers that won Hugo and Nebula awards. His 1989 ecological thriller, Earth, foreshadowed cyberwarfare, the World Wide Web, global warming and Gulf Coast flooding. A 1998 Kevin Costner film was loosely adapted from his post-apocalyptic novel, The Postman. ............................................ Brin is a noted scientist, futurist and speaker who appears frequently on television (Life After People, The Universe), discussing trends in the near and far future, on subjects such as surveillance, technology, astronomy, and SETI. His non-fiction book, The Transparent Society, deals with issues of openness and security in the wired-age. ............................................. David Brin web site: http://www.davidbrin.com http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/DavidBrin1 Facbook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/David-Brin/22358129265

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February 27, 2012 03:47PM
“Um... I am supposed to be impressed? The LP should be the actual 2nd party, poking at the Dems' frenzy to solve every problem. They WOULD be (and the G…”
About: Santorum Part III: The ironic winners, if he prevails
February 24, 2012 01:15PM
“Jejune... who's the crazy one here? Crime analysts start with motive (widely and openly stated, in nearly all Saudi textbooks), means (trillions of th…”
About: Rick Santorum Part II: More Samplings from the Culture War
January 17, 2012 09:17PM
“ThaiKen I appreciate your courtesy, but you are still doing incantations instead of pragmatically dealing with the central human problem... which is th…”
About: Is Libertarianism Really about Property or Competition?
January 03, 2012 12:30AM
“Clever but you ignore than a lively curious race would retain its abilities in older media even after moving on to new ones. We still use drums, after…”
About: Immortality, Theology and Art
January 01, 2012 04:45AM
“Was that snark for real? Gawd what an obsessive and dismally silly person! I hope your chemical balance improves in 2012!”
About: A year of peril...And a year of promise
November 27, 2011 10:40PM
“Jejune... I did refer to that smug superiority, in two places. Do a find on "indignant" and "lapel". Stay independent-minded!”
About: Atlas Shrugged: The Hidden Context of the Book and Film
November 15, 2011 02:11PM
“Spiderman is a superhero exception. In EVERY spiderman film, he saves New Yorkers... and then New Yorkers save him. I love that.”
About: Move over, Frank Miller: On Occupy Wall Street and the "300"
November 14, 2011 05:56PM
“Bob... you recall "Combat"??? Wow. Great show. I liked Band of Brothers. But when the Nazi officer asks Major WInters: "What will we prof…”
About: Move over, Frank Miller: On Occupy Wall Street and the "300"
October 25, 2011 11:43AM
“Sorry Kethry, you vastly oversimplify. For example, each poor third world woman who is raised to be an assertive middle class person immediately drops…”
About: Politcal Idea Bomb #1: Rejigger the Immigration Debate
October 20, 2011 12:18AM
“Thought I said some of that. Still, we can win this fight and the key is truth. See this: http://www.newscient ist.com/article/mg21228354.500 -revealed--the…”
About: Was 1957 America Better Than Today?
October 13, 2011 02:07AM
“Geez Jan, I thought I clearly said that. Too bad Token has decided to spin an incantation to excuse clinging to his position, after having not read a…”
About: Arguing with Your Crazy Uncle About Climate Change
October 11, 2011 04:26PM
“thanks. Think different!”
About: "Class War" and the Lessons of History
October 11, 2011 01:36AM
“Of course it does. But notice, your response is all defense mechanisms. In fact, credentials DO matter! You claimed I knew nothing about Rand or libe…”
About: People Who Don't "Get" Transparency or Zero-Sum Games
October 10, 2011 06:38PM
“Of course she did. Now answer me this. Have you delivered schalarly papers on Rand at conferences about her and engaged Rand scholars in detail? Hav…”
About: People Who Don't "Get" Transparency or Zero-Sum Games
October 10, 2011 03:05PM
“No. You skim and do not read with curiosity, in order to understand. I made very clear that those who mythologize IP as an inherent, platonist actual pr…”
About: People Who Don't "Get" Transparency or Zero-Sum Games
July 26, 2011 11:51PM
“Because they aren't. Please learn about them. They are entirely about analyzing trading patterns and perceiving buying trends that others are engaged…”
About: Pseudonyms, Algorithms, and Problems of Human Control
July 18, 2011 09:17PM
“Bah. Once again. You are in default if you stop paying off your loans. You are NOT in default if you simply stop borrowing new loans for a month. Al…”
About: Calling Bluff on the Debt Ceiling "Carpocalypse"
May 24, 2011 12:45AM
“Now I will be rude. You are a dope. Obama was elected by an electorate that got fed up. If you want to ignore the fact that we are being waged war-u…”
About: Transparency, sci fi, science and the immorality of rapture
May 23, 2011 11:02PM
“Sorry, bah... this is nonsense. You claim "momentum" for a trumped up "movement" that is financed by foreign - principally Saudi -…”
About: Transparency, sci fi, science and the immorality of rapture
May 23, 2011 11:02PM
“Sorry, bah... this is nonsense. You claim "momentum" for a trumped up "movement" that is financed by foreign - principally Saudi -…”
About: Transparency, sci fi, science and the immorality of rapture
May 23, 2011 09:56PM
“Though expressed very rudely, I'll put it as simply as possible. I stand up for the smart people not because I am "superior" but because the w…”
About: Transparency, sci fi, science and the immorality of rapture
May 22, 2011 05:51PM
“I am disappointed to hear of so few "empty clothes" stunts. I expected there to hundreds of them, all over America... some in cars with the m…”
About: Whose Rapture?
April 22, 2011 02:41PM
“Martyn is ALMOST right. Accepting and learning from criticism requires some thick-skinned maturity. The highest percentage you'll find of that kind of…”
About: Why Obstinate Humans Find It Hard To Believe Science
April 21, 2011 12:19AM
“Since the "fumarole" has lived up to his name and fulminated with rage and nastiness and worst-possible strawmanning of my position, I am fre…”
About: Why Obstinate Humans Find It Hard To Believe Science
April 12, 2011 03:32PM
“Anybody who is truly interested in this topic... and especially zooming into the Star Wars vs Star Trek iconography about the human future... should ge…”
About: The Difference Between Science Fiction and Fantasy?
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