Neal Stephenson, author of Seveneves, sits down with John Biggs to discuss how AR/VR will integrate with our lives, the predictive power of science fiction, and changes to the publishing industry.
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@jamesp45216 жыл бұрын
What a dead bland audience! When he said we all read Snow Crash right? I couldn't of contained a shout out if I was there! Snow Crash is one of my favourite books of all time!
@rikrob51723 жыл бұрын
Same. I keep trying to get someone else into it. Just give 2 pages a go people. If you can handle and enjoy that, you'll dig the rest.
@yesmissjane7 жыл бұрын
Wow. Neal Stephenson as dinner theatre. Talk about a dystopic future.
@aggressivecalm7 жыл бұрын
12:48 "Social impact, that's not so great..." Intentional understatement of the century, Neal Stephenson throws philanthropic shade. Big fan Neal
@lance97497 жыл бұрын
Don't worry Neal you have fans! If I were there I would have been yelling and screaming at the top of my lungs. Someday I hope to meet you. Anyhow, sorry the event was not that great but again you have huge fans. PS Can't wait 2017 they start filming Snow Crash!!! Then hopefully Diamond Age. You rock dude.
@GCNavigator5 жыл бұрын
Lance Stone Diamond Age will never make it on screen if Hollywood has anything to say about it. The heart of the story is way too real and scary to the power elite.
@sdrw73897 жыл бұрын
Stephenson is a genius
@CivilianAdams4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for talking to us Stephen.
@oghomelesskid7 жыл бұрын
Lol that intro is the best.
@jasonrobertsASTONISHES7 жыл бұрын
Jordan is the greatest !!
@adamsnow48846 жыл бұрын
So awkward at the beginning...
@adammccurdy74817 жыл бұрын
A futurist visionary, speaking in front of a bunch of zombies on their computers/phones.
@bigfan10417 жыл бұрын
Yeah it´s definitely either/or.
@lightspeedius2 жыл бұрын
I'm 4/5ths of the way through Anathem. It's so freaking good. Well paced for such deep content too.
@forevershampoo4 жыл бұрын
I agree it would be advantageous to see how we could avoid a dystopia
@monaanalisa20827 жыл бұрын
"Pleasant for the vast majority and gonna really suck for some folks"
@jean-christophefrancois20872 жыл бұрын
I think we like dystopias because they present futures that would be easier to avoid than what we are facing. Or exaggerate the future we will have to face to the point it’s easier to dismiss as being strictly fiction.
@chadchadwick63566 жыл бұрын
We are discounting the wisdom of our times.
@GCNavigator5 жыл бұрын
Stephenson is a genius author and I appreciate the opportunity to listen to him. I wonder though, does he really think first person shooters are the most popular video games? And I wonder how any futurist can be ignorant of the Maunder Minimum? I also wonder if he really thinks nationalism is inferior to globalism?
@theshaolin23917 жыл бұрын
Tough crowd lol
@chadchadwick63566 жыл бұрын
The whole world that really matters is happening here and now.
@aarondavid8262 жыл бұрын
He had me at "the moon blows up"
@noraajagger42395 жыл бұрын
18:45 look at his hands and match it with the people he is talking about
@markb.2653 жыл бұрын
One thing: after the moon broke up in Seveneves, the first entered Earth's orbit as meteoroids. Once the pieces entered a planetary atmosphere, they are regarded as meteors, not meteorites. Only after colliding with the surface of a planet does the detritus of a meteor become a meteorite.
@Langkowski7 жыл бұрын
But why are dystopian novels popular? I can think of a couple of reasons.
@BrianLancaster6 жыл бұрын
Because violence is entertaining
@Jason-fv4rg6 жыл бұрын
Baselines, compulsively staring at their jeejaws. What a waste of Neal's time.
@SonofSethoitae5 жыл бұрын
Hopefully Neal gave them a little upsight
@mehdibabaie34642 жыл бұрын
F*****g slines man
@lisazoria27095 жыл бұрын
Who tf uses kickstarter to write a book? Does the interviewer even know what books are?
@TheKh65 Жыл бұрын
Why are they so awkward?
@kahn2892 жыл бұрын
What the hell is wrong with this audience? Why even go?
@pumpuppthevolume6 жыл бұрын
Simpsons predicted Trump :P
@therasound4 жыл бұрын
WORST INTERVIEWER EVER and this venue was fucking terrifying....
@gargleblasta Жыл бұрын
17:15 so, you have this great scifi writer... but the interviewer just had to do a bit of whining about Trump. Sad.
@jaredfrost35485 жыл бұрын
Shameful audience.
@qwertyqart7 жыл бұрын
you can tell one thing for sure, Stephenson isn't going to be on Trump's reading list. probably no one will be on Trump's reading list, Trump only reads Trump.
@BrianLancaster6 жыл бұрын
lol can't tell if Joestar is being ironic
@edbachelder33746 жыл бұрын
Trump reads Fox news with his ears, period
@jaredfrost35485 жыл бұрын
I think Green Brain Seaside is joking. Trump doesn't read.
@eymerichinquisitore90222 жыл бұрын
I'm just sorry that he believes the lie of climate change