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Patrick Smith

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Born

in San Francisco, The United States

Website

https://ephemeralspecies.com/

Genre

Science Fiction

Member Since

May 2013

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https://www.goodreads.com/patrick_d_smith

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Patrick Smith has experienced technological disruption from the inside. As a former floor trader on the now defunct Pacific Stock Exchange, he trained the programmers who replaced him.

This is a pattern that has followed him ever since. Mentored by Douglas Engelbart, the pioneering creator of the graphical user interface and computer mouse, he pivoted into database programming, specializing in linking massive
scientific datasets.

As an award-winning photographer, his work accumulated over 100 billion views before Google Plus vanished entirely.

Each disappearance sharpened the central question behind The Ephemeral
Species: what happens to humanity when the technology it builds outgrows its need for us?

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Patrick Smith’s books

Average rating: 2.25 · 4 ratings · 3 reviews · 3 distinct works

	Nothing Lives Forever (The Ephemeral Species, #1) 2.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Survival (Ephemeral Species #2) it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ephemeral Species 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Patrick Smith made a comment in the group SciFi and Fantasy eBook Club — Transhumance utopia novel recommendation topic " I wrote a story along those lines. If you're interested, see my profile. If you go to my website, you can get a free review copy. I just published it. ...more "
Jun 18, 2026 05:17PM
Patrick Smith made a comment on Project Hail Mary — Book Club Discussion Questions " It's an entertaining story, but the author claims the ship travels at over 99% of the speed of light. It would be irradiated and obliterated in 0.1 se ...more "
Jun 18, 2026 05:13PM
Patrick Smith rated a book liked it Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
It's a very entertaining and hearwarming story. However, much was said about the scientific validity of this book. However, the central claim according to the author, is that the ship travels over 99% of the speed of light to reach the planet. It wou ...more
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Patrick Smith rated a book it was amazing Deep Utopia: Life and Meaning in a Solved World by Nick Bostrom (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
In his first book, Superintelligence, Mr. Bostrom lays out the case for what may happen if artificial intelligence goes awry. In this book, he lays out the possibility that Superintelligence may be able to solve many of today’s problems which are cur ...more
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Patrick Smith rated a book it was amazing Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
In this book, Sam Harris is indeed preaching to the choir. Many atheists and agnostics have heard many of the arguments Sam used in this book. However, what is especially valuable here is how he invalidates the claim that faith and reason can overlap ...more
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Patrick Smith rated a book it was amazing The God Delusion: A Study of Religious Belief and Skepticism by Richard Dawkins (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Mr. Dawkins rejects the claim that religious scholars often use, that science and religion can both be right because they are separate. He invalidates that thesis completely. He also shows that it’s possible to be a moral and upstanding person withou ...more
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Patrick Smith rated a book it was amazing The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution by Richard Dawkins (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Mr. Dawkins provides irrefutable and overwhelming evidence that life evolved on this planet. The 40% plus of the United States population who rejects evolution should be required to read this book.
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Patrick Smith made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Adding a new book to my author profile topic " Hi, I would like to add a new title to my author page. I recently published it on Amazon. I want to make sure it does not get confused with any of my ol ...more "
Jun 16, 2026 08:16PM
Patrick Smith made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Please remove ASIN B0GX2R2PZT from older work and separate - Patrick Smith topic " Hello, bumping this request. The book is currently live on Amazon with incorrect metadata here, and is pulling in legacy reviews from an older, unrela ...more "
May 30, 2026 09:55AM