Tom Munnecke’s Eclectica

My friend and neighbor David Brin has outdone himself with his new book, Existence. Here is the trailer:

David has an amazing ability to see the big picture in things, and, as a science fiction writer, a license to write about it.  He can be a very frustrating intellectual sparring partner.  It seems every time I come up with what I think is a neat new idea, he says, “yes, I wrote a book about that…”

I know a bit of the creative turmoil he went through in getting this out, so congratulations!  Our wives have the same first name, and I can just imagine the conversation in the Brin household:  “I know you are trying to save humanity, uplift dolphins, and create intergalactic peace.  But we need the trash taken out now.”

Here is a sample of the conversations we’ve had.  This was on the Singularity and post-humanism with Vernor Vinge, Ben Goetzel, Jamais Cascio, Frederick Turner, David Ellerman, and others.