BlogHide Resteemsplotbot2015 (62)in science • 4 years ago"When the Hawkweed Blooms," in Lackington's 21My very first short story was published by the Canadian semiprozine Lackington’s last week. It’s pretty much “hard” science fiction, meaning that the science and tech in it are if not real, at…plotbot2015 (62)in sciencefiction • 4 years agoIGMS interviews, one unpublishedIn addition to my regular column on The Intergalactic Medicine Show , I took over their interviews for a few months before they folded their tents last summer. You can find the ones they…plotbot2015 (62)in science • 6 years agoPlotBot: Year 3 ReviewOnce again, life got in the way of Steemit. My wife had a heart attack in February, and that put quite a damper on blogging. Most of the difficulty came not from the event itself but from the…plotbot2015 (62)in politics • 7 years agoHybrid Forecasting -- the Legal StuffThis is the consent form I had to sign to enter the study on hybrid forecasting, which I originally described here. Note that they do not promise to protect my identity, and they do not require me…plotbot2015 (62)in steemit • 7 years agoCrowdsourced metadata via cryptocurrencyI've been reading this book: [image link] A full review will have to wait, but the essence of the book is that markets run on information. Importantly, money is only one form of information, and…plotbot2015 (62)in life • 7 years agoIn MY day ...We didn't have school shootings. We had bomb threats, and we liked it that way. [image link to nbc.com] I'm not kidding, either. Several times a year, never on a rainy day that I can…plotbot2015 (62)in business • 7 years agoCapital Connects 2018 [contest]This 15-year old business pitch competition is probably the oldest one in the Triad. According to WRAL's TechWire. Capital Connects provides education opportunities for investors and connections…plotbot2015 (62)in politics • 7 years agoHybrid Forecasting of GeoPolitical EventsThis is a project by IARPA (like DARPA but for the intelligence community) where they are attempting to combine crowdsourcing with machine learning. I signed up and took the test, which was in…plotbot2015 (62)in politics • 7 years agoMarch for Science Triad fundraising series"In 2017, more than one million people around the world gathered together in the largest event for science advocacy in history. In 2018, we unite again to hold our elected and appointed officials…plotbot2015 (62)in democracy • 7 years agoOur aging election infrastructureI'm helping to organize our local March for Science (in fact later this week I'm going to launch a Steemit fundraising page for that nonpartisan event). Yesterday's post about voter turnout in…plotbot2015 (62)in tv • 7 years agoTrek-nicolorI grew up with a black and white television set, so I was completely oblivious to that famous switch in The Wizard of Oz between sepia Kansas and the Technicolor dream world. The yellow brick…plotbot2015 (62)in politics • 7 years agoWhat if high schoolers could VOTE?After this post on the minor moral panic at my kid's school a couple days ago, I noticed this action being planned. A year ago I wrote a column for IGMS about experimental politics, called…plotbot2015 (62)in life • 7 years agoWhile I was not looking, 400+ followersThere's no cute numerical graphic to go with this post, as seems to be traditional on Steemit. I was not paying attention today, because I was too busy witnessing future shock in action. [image…plotbot2015 (62)in technology • 7 years agoTechnological Humanism with Dan HonThis is one of the best essays I've read recently, especially in the wake of yet another mass shooting. It's based on a lightning talk from one of the Friends of O'Reilly meetings. For all of…plotbot2015 (62)in movies • 7 years ago"Four Twats in a Forest" -- a quick review of The RitualA couple of weeks ago I mentioned having re-read Iron John: a Book about Men. Today, a pair of what Jung would call synchronicities: I happened across this call for submissions on "Speculative…plotbot2015 (62)in books • 7 years agoThe Cult of Alien Gods [review]On our way home from a trip to Boston last summer, we stopped in Providence, Rhode Island, the former home of one Howard Philips Lovecraft. Now that his literary legacy is a largish business, the…plotbot2015 (62)in science • 7 years agoThank You Science Podcast, episode #1I was at a business networking event last night when I met two of the people hosting this podcast. My wife assumed the title is a pun on "Thank you Jesus," and their focus on yard signs as an…resteemedmudcat36 (62)in newbieresteemday • 7 years agoNewbie Resteem Initiative Conspiracy Theory Writing Contest. Guaranteed Up Vote And Resteem For Newbies Entries!Right, so one thing that is quite common place in the blogging world is conspiracy theories. Now these can be immense fun to read through, and even more fun to fact check. But I have always found…resteemedthewritersblock (64)in fiction • 7 years agoThe Writers' Block Sci-Fi Contest WINNERS!source At last, we’ve made a decision. It wasn’t easy. These were, by far, some of the strongest pieces of writing we’ve seen in our workshops. More than that, their authors worked hard to…plotbot2015 (62)in technology • 7 years agoKialo, a social tool for argument mappingArgument mapping is a way of laying out complex arguments spatially, allowing us to leverage our advanced primate visual systems to help us with logical reasoning. [image link to Wikipedia] The…
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