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Talk on Lifebox for Telepathy and Immortality

I gave two presentations at the IOHK Summit in Miami Beach, Florida, April 18, 2019. IOHK is a crypto/blockchain company with the full name Input Output Hong Kong. I gave a small audience the 40 minute talk described below, and a twenty minute talk to a larger audience,  “Cyberpunk Use Cases.” This “Lifebox for Telepathy […]

“Lifebox for Telepathy and Immortality”

I’m posting drafts of two presentations to be delivered at the IOHK Summit in Miami Beach, Florida, April 18, 2019. 1.Talk: “Cyberpunk Use Cases” 2. Workshop: “Lifebox for Telepathy and Immortality” This is a draft of the second, “workshop” presentation by Rudy Rucker. LIFEBOX FOR TELEPATHY AND IMMORTALITY Lifebox What is a Lifebox? In the […]

Kickstarting MILLION MILE ROAD TRIP

As I’m mentioned before, my wild SF adventure Million Mile Road Trip is being published in hardback and paperback by Night Shade Books on May 5. And I’ll publish the ebook version via my Transreal books. Also I’m publishing my novel’s companion, Notes for Million Mile Road Trip. And I’m running a Kickstarter for the […]

Guanajuato & San Miguel de Allende

This spring, with my 73rd birthday coming up, Sylvia proposed that I take her down there to celebrate, and to let her see the place for herself. So we got on a plane. I was in Guanajuato once before, back in October, 2015. I was there for an arts conference, and I really loved the […]

Guanajuato & San Miguel Allende

I was in Guanajo=uato back in October, 2015. I was there for an arts conference, and I really loved the town. The colors and the unspoiled quality of the town. I blogged about it then, and I still often talk about the town. This spring, with my 73rd birthday coming up, Sylvia proposed that I […]

Adrift

I have lots of little tasks I should do and I think of them in the morning and feel filled with ennui and despair. Paperwork, plans, maintenance. It’s always better, as I so well know, to have a writing project. I’m high and dry with Return to the Hollow Earth all done. Also my story […]

Toy Ghosts, the Lifebox, and Juicy Ghosts

I’m thinking about writing an SF tale involving what we sometimes call digital immortality. It’s a theme I’ve often returned to, starting with the writing of my Software novel in 1979-1980. We’re almost at the point where a low-end cloud-based model of you is possible. At present these are thin, pixelated constructs with cardboard search-engine […]

Toy Ghosts and Juicy Ghosts

I’m thinking about writing an SF tale involving what we sometimes call digital immortlaity. It’s a theme I’ve often returned to, starting with Software in 1982. We’re almost at the point where a low-end cloud-based model of you is possible. These are thin, pixelated constructs with cardboard personalities. Call them toy ghosts. Later I’ll get […]

Rain. Art Show. Chaos.

I’m really into the gnarl of the rainy weather these days. Oak trees are in some sense smarter than other trees. They don’t just send a long branch *doink* straight out. They think it over. A little this way, a little that way, paying attention to the amount of light and air in each direction. […]

Rain. My Art Show. Chaos.

I’m really into the gnarl of the rainy weather these days. Oak trees are in some sense smarter than other trees. They don’t just send a long branch *doink* straight out. They think it over. A little this way, a little that way, paying attention to the amount of light and air in each direction. […]