On 7/7/20 12:57 am, Jeffrey Schwartz wrote: > On Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 3:54 AM Alex Goodwin > <xxxxxx@multitel.com.au> wrote: >> >> And this is from me, who prefers their fictional settings to be beyond >> Future Shock Level 1. For example, my first reaction to learning about >> Jupiter-brains in the Orion's Arm setting wasn't "COOL!", "KILL IT!", >> etc (too enthusiastic/fearful), but "How do I build one? How do I >> optimise the internal gubbins to speed up thinking latency?". >> > -- I wish I could say otherwise, Herr Black, but I have no idea. Seems like one hell of a setting to run in.