tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post7929379049926085269..comments2023-11-03T04:29:29.498-04:00Comments on Paleo-Future: Libertarian Paleo-FutureMatt Novakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09360406896692501416noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-35663215037851050802007-09-24T13:43:00.000-04:002007-09-24T13:43:00.000-04:00This: "The dream of individual human flight was re...This: <BR/>"The dream of individual human flight was realized in 1961"<BR/><BR/>Doesn't really follow from<BR/><BR/>"It’s a 125-pound monster with a flight time of 30 seconds, powered by expensive fuel." <BR/><BR/>(For one thing, most people's dreams of individual flight usually involve over 30 seconds flying time)<BR/><BR/>Probably closer to such dreams was the little one-man blimp Alberto Santos-Dumond occasionally flew around Paris and on a couple occasions tied up outside his club...<BR/><BR/>BruceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-26203694623764182152007-09-23T11:25:00.000-04:002007-09-23T11:25:00.000-04:00I'd like read up on Ellis's work. Paleo-future sci...I'd like read up on Ellis's work. Paleo-future science fiction looks like an underserved market niche. Just go back to what people either knew, thought they knew or believed circa 1960 (including their now-risible misconceptions), and use that as material for science fiction set in alternative versions of the early 21st Century. Arthur C. Clarke's original edition of <I>Profiles of the Future</I> (1962), for example, provides a lot of material. I re-read a later edition of that book recently, and I noticed how weak many of Clarke's arguments sound now. His emphasis on the centrality of astronautics in the future has really dated badly.Mark Plushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03859046131830902921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-90062753860089713832007-09-23T03:41:00.000-04:002007-09-23T03:41:00.000-04:00Warren Ellis (novelist, futurist, and noted comic ...Warren Ellis (novelist, futurist, and noted comic writer) is actually doing a very intriguing graphic series based on this kind of thinking called Doktor Sleepless. It might be worth a look for Paleo-Future.John Rehahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11213702613629403925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-62234413169603526982007-09-23T00:49:00.000-04:002007-09-23T00:49:00.000-04:00The libertarians' paleo-futures have their own pro...The libertarians' paleo-futures have their own problems. For example, libertarian schemes from the 1970's for private security and military companies don't look so appealing when they turn into the 21st Century's Blackwater.Mark Plushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03859046131830902921noreply@blogger.com