Doug G.

Commented on The impotence of the long-distance trillionaire
I suggested a project run from taxation only as a thought exercise. I've watched/worked with NASA for too many years to believe they'd have a remote chance in hell in succeeding in such an endeavor. I could, perhaps, be convinced...
Commented on The impotence of the long-distance trillionaire
That's not my perception Mr. Barnes. Colonizing at a distance accessible in a matter of days, or maybe weeks, is at least an order of magnitude less difficult (probably several orders) than at a range requiring months of travel. In...
Commented on The impotence of the long-distance trillionaire
"Before you point at Musk and Tesla or SpaceX, I need to remind you that he didn't found Tesla, he merely bought into it then took over: SpaceX's focus on reusability is good, but we had reusable space launchers before—the...
Commented on Clickbait spasm: 14 gizmos I used in 2015
Charlie, I'm wondering if you have explored the idea of replacing your Livescribe setup with the new iPad Pro/Pencil combination. I've heard that the digitizer in the IPad Pro might be fast enough to let it track most people's handwriting....

Common Misconceptions About Publishing—a series of essays about the industry I work in.
How I Got Here In The End —my non-writing autobiography, or what I did before becoming a full-time writer.
Unwirer—an experiment in weblog mediated collaborative fiction.
Shaping the Future—a talk I gave on the social implications of Moore's Law.
Japan: first impressions — or, what I did on my holidays
Inside the MIT Media Lab—what it’s like to spend a day wandering around the Media Lab.
The High Frontier, Redux — space colonization: feasible or futile?
“Nothing like this will be built again”—inside a nuclear reactor complex.
Old blog—2003-2006 (RIP)