tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940224740718934743.post8167071598174111127..comments2024-03-10T04:29:20.044-04:00Comments on Mad Genius Club: Conformity, Diversity, and the state of thingsSarah A. Hoythttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17478124095732219352noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940224740718934743.post-60104035908723145792011-04-14T19:13:07.849-04:002011-04-14T19:13:07.849-04:00Sarah,
I believe it. It's taken this long for...Sarah,<br /><br />I believe it. It's taken this long for the small presses and so forth to become respectable at least in part because most of the authors were scared of being kicked to the curb. Now they're still scared, but they're seeing viable alternatives - and they're catching on faster than the dinosaurs are.<br /><br />I don't recall signing up for interesting times, either, but I've got them. No matter how hard I tell myself I don't <i>want</i> to be a leader, I'm too damn responsible at work to let things go when they need to be done. So I'm leading by default. <br /><br />Since I do software quality at work, I think the computer-geek types will know exactly where I am right now.Kate Paulkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02034983693134240754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940224740718934743.post-27636406531479246242011-04-14T19:10:01.297-04:002011-04-14T19:10:01.297-04:00Matapam,
Sort of - each subset of Silicon Valley ...Matapam,<br /><br />Sort of - each subset of Silicon Valley is enforcing its own conformity. The Microsoft culture is not the Google culture is not the Apple culture etc.<br /><br />And yes, the Internet is a game changer. It's allowing communities to happen without any regard to little things like physical location.Kate Paulkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02034983693134240754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940224740718934743.post-39223740354067004242011-04-14T10:31:26.399-04:002011-04-14T10:31:26.399-04:00Yeah. I've seen the same. Actually you could...Yeah. I've seen the same. Actually you could see the wall come down, because five years ago, the small presses WEREN'T respectable, but they were MOST of the attendees. The big presses had already withdrawn presence and marketing and looking for new talent.<br /><br />I never wanted to live in interesting times!Sarah A. Hoythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17478124095732219352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940224740718934743.post-1876298170435713762011-04-14T10:10:05.865-04:002011-04-14T10:10:05.865-04:00And a tech revolution happens when a Silicon Valle...And a tech revolution happens when a Silicon Valley forms, and the conformity being enforced is "be innovative"? <br /><br />I wonder if the internet,by letting us all find people like ourselves isn't going to create a horde of virtual societies that have separate conformities to be enforced, and shift resources in directions other societies will think insane?<br /><br />The SF/F writers and fans certainly seem to group and egg each other on. <br /><br />It's interesting to think that we'd be a ready-made group advocating for (or against) tech advances, aware of both the pluses and minuses of the new stuff coming down the road. Life extension, implanted devices, artificial wombs, AI, biowarfare and uplifted animals.MataPamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11128604732495114033noreply@blogger.com