tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post3359878027017409778..comments2024-03-11T07:26:04.670-05:00Comments on Posthuman Blues: Machttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074004681516756703noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-86256162448686331572008-02-09T18:03:00.000-06:002008-02-09T18:03:00.000-06:00So, no one knows where in the US this magazine wil...So, no one knows where in the US this magazine will be carried? <BR/><BR/>$8 for an 88 page magazine? Rather pricey.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-44585267808999440802008-02-09T02:55:00.000-06:002008-02-09T02:55:00.000-06:00Don't worry, I was mostly joking. As a memetically...Don't worry, I was mostly joking. <BR/><BR/>As a memetically fragmented species I don't think we currently have the necessary empathy, honesty, maturity, patience and wisdom to enact any techno fixes that don't cause at least as many problems as they might solve (Unit 731 and global capitalism come to mind for some reason). And then there's the time frame involved in developing viable techno fixes, which isn't much of a time frame at all, what with the ecological storm a-brewing, and impending supply chain problems like peak oil. <BR/><BR/>Our collective sci-fi boner could be occluding us to the fact that in the very near future we are going to have to learn how to live together in actually sustainable communities, using far more mundane means than those that excite us on geek chic blogs. <BR/><BR/>Then again, if anarchy, environmental chaos, mass suffering, and warlordism is all we can realistically expect in the future...<BR/><BR/>I think we need to run and find an adult. How do we get hold of the cryptoterrestrials? I think you need to don your pith helmet and lead us *that* way. Because personally I'd rather try my chances with them than anarcho-capitalist-libertarian spockbot transhumanists who can only think in one direction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-18547733435513263062008-02-09T01:13:00.000-06:002008-02-09T01:13:00.000-06:00Lead the way, Mac!Good lord. Now *that's* a tall ...<EM>Lead the way, Mac!</EM><BR/><BR/>Good lord. Now *that's* a tall order!Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074004681516756703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-64991335699696893572008-02-09T00:17:00.000-06:002008-02-09T00:17:00.000-06:00Considering one has to be a cyborgian renaissance ...Considering one has to be a cyborgian renaissance man just to get a basic grasp of the enormity of the modern dilemma, you may be right. <BR/><BR/>Lead the way, Mac!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-4006756555124792822008-02-08T21:55:00.000-06:002008-02-08T21:55:00.000-06:00Elan--You heathen; you Earth-centric planetary rac...Elan--<BR/><BR/><I>You heathen; you Earth-centric planetary racsist; you Godless Crypto Skull monger!</I><BR/><BR/>Guilty as charged!<BR/><BR/>Justin--<BR/><BR/>I guess I'm a "committed transhumanist" in the sense that I sincerely think we're fucked unless we become something better than we are. Mutate or die.<BR/><BR/>Rafting Bear--<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the kind words *and* the link!<BR/><BR/>Anonymous--<BR/><BR/><I>"well constructed theories". Thats a laugh!</I><BR/><BR/>Hey, *clever* insult! I can tell you put some skull-sweat into that one. Keep fighting the good fight.Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074004681516756703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-69390699354577216722008-02-08T20:59:00.000-06:002008-02-08T20:59:00.000-06:00"well constructed theories". Thats a laugh!"well constructed theories". Thats a laugh!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-75810856235768073512008-02-08T17:35:00.000-06:002008-02-08T17:35:00.000-06:00Dude, your book was taken out of print because it ...Dude, your book was taken out of print because it was <I>too true</I>.<BR/><BR/>Doesn't matter. Sell it yourself in ebook format. Keep all the money and, more importantly, get the word out.<BR/><BR/>And feel free to read mine (for free) <A HREF="http://www.paulcilwa.com/Writing/Novels/When_Falls_The_Sky/index.asp" REL="nofollow">http://www.paulcilwa.com/Writing/Novels/When_Falls_The_Sky/index.asp</A>.Rafting Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16500241000961922326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-3297871005018426732008-02-08T17:04:00.000-06:002008-02-08T17:04:00.000-06:00Are you really a "committed transhumanist"? Someti...Are you really a "committed transhumanist"? Sometimes it's hard to tell through all the doom and gloom exactly where you stand.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-52822680386521913862008-02-08T16:06:00.000-06:002008-02-08T16:06:00.000-06:00You have started to look away from the heavens, hu...You have started to look away from the heavens, huh?<BR/>You heathen; you Earth-centric planetary racsist; you Godless Crypto Skull monger!ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14824314760457509519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-91849155336661485542008-02-08T12:04:00.000-06:002008-02-08T12:04:00.000-06:00Checked with both Borders and Barnes & Noble local...Checked with both Borders and Barnes & Noble locally today, and neither of them have any indications that they will be carrying it. B & N suggested checking back in a month so see if they will be carrying it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-85887061298076966522008-02-08T10:13:00.000-06:002008-02-08T10:13:00.000-06:00I've read on Miller's site that the magazine will ...I've read on Miller's site that the magazine will be available at Borders and Barnes & Noble, among other distribution channels, in the UK and Europe. Do you know what domestic outlets the magazine will be available through and when in the US?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-53326353250135187902008-02-08T06:49:00.000-06:002008-02-08T06:49:00.000-06:00Mac, congrats on the new publishing venue, but you...Mac, congrats on the new publishing venue, but you need to speak to the EIC about that logo design - it's as weak as can be, and I suspect that it will not attract much interest on newsstands.David Biednyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07684470018521439538noreply@blogger.com