myrmepropagandist1d ago

When you talk about people you make them important. I want to think more about who I choose to make important.

Even if you are criticizing someone, burying their bad ideas with logic and all the knives of science you're still making them and their ideas important.

You can expect me to talk about Iain M. Banks more and the questions I have about his work.

It's why it's probably is a good idea to do a critical review of Newitz and their "Terraformers" which I also have questions about.

Show threadmyrmepropagandist1d ago
I'm sick of criticizing people I don't like, you know. Let's argue about cool people instead.
Show threadeclectech1d ago

@futurebird Ooh, OK. My starter. I think Iain M. Banks wrote slightly better books as Iain Banks, than Iain M. Banks. Controversial I know.

He wrote my favourite opening line of a book ever.

"It was the day my grandmother exploded"

Show threadMalcolm Herbert23h ago
@eclectech @futurebird ... on which side of that line would you put Transition? It was marketed in the US with the M and without elsewhere ... ;)
Show threadeclectech23h ago

@mherbert @futurebird I think there's a whole grey area tbh. I reckon The Bridge could have gone out with the M. as well, and would have worked.

And I love The Bridge, but that is definitely influenced by the fact I lived near the actual bridge for a while, and also love that.

Show threadMalcolm Herbert
@eclectech @futurebird I think the closest I've come to the Forth Bridge was driving on the other one near it ... but also loving The Bridge ...
Mar 21 at 10:58pmWeb
Show threadeclectech23h ago

@mherbert @futurebird I commuted by train from Fife to Edinburgh for a while, and had to go over the bridge.

Best. Commute. Ever.

Show threadMalcolm Herbert23h ago
@eclectech @futurebird ... ok, jealous ... damnit I need to get to the UK again soon, it's been too long ... last time I'd been back home a week and then discovered the Falkirk Wheel ... I'd been within 5km of it during the trip ... gutted
Show threadeclectech23h ago
@mherbert @futurebird Oh the Falkirk Wheel is great, so big & QUIET. The Kelpie Heads down the road are good too.
Show threadDavid23h ago
@eclectech @mherbert @futurebird My daily trip, going the other way to Fife.
Show threadeclectech23h ago
@theplaguedoc @mherbert @futurebird Lovely. I have worked mainly from home for years now - since way before Covid - but I could be tempted by an occasional trip over the rail bridge in its rhythmic clunky rust red glory.