Josh Susser / is on Nostr

not your typical neuron.
de gustibus non est disputandum.
black lives matter. trans people are people.
pronoun: he.
d.e.i.

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2024-05-02 20:33:51

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@npub10ms…y4x0 i always wondered about that. and just once i want to see them stay put and the computer says "sorry, the crew at destination set privacy mode so no entry allowed"

2024-03-26 04:36:40

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@npub1gnx…d5kh I call that a retropiphany, where a memory makes so much more sense now that you can see it through autistic eyes. i still get those every day!

2024-03-16 18:16:48

A recurring conversational topic among some college friends was "Which science fiction world would you want to live in as an ordinary person?"
That means you're not part of the story, but just live in the background and aren't involved in any plotlines or shenanigans. You're just a normal person living a normal life in that world. But you do get to pick a particular culture in a partitioned setting, like whether you would live in the Federation or the Dominion, so you don't have to just say Star Trek.
My pick would be Edenism in Peter Hamilton's Night's Dawn stories. It's basically fully automated luxury gay space communism, where everyone is well-adjusted because they're all genetically engineered telepaths so they can actually understand each other. They live in giant, bio-engineered, intelligent habitats that provide for all their material and esthetic needs and give them the freedom and support to pursue their dreams, and has enough mental capacity to be every resident's personal friend. As utopias go, it's a pretty nice one with few downsides.
I might have picked The Culture (Iain Banks), but I find the overall vibe of those stories to be a big downer, since they're largely about how the utopia is actually dystopian. But narrative vibes aside, the standard of living of a typical Culture citizen seems pretty amazing.
So, what's your pick for the best #SciFi world to live in as an uninvolved, ordinary person? And why?

2023-10-03 00:02:29

Hi friends. My mastodon instance was incommunicado for about 10 days, so that's why you didn't see me posting. I now have a backup/alt account in case something like that happens again, so if you could please follow @npub1llv…9xqz then if this happens again I will have the backup ready to go. (I couldn't post things were broken here while they were broken, so here's to preparing in advance...) I am hopeful things will stabilize here on neurodifferent and we'll just carry on, fingers crossed. 🤞