[ExI] Tinkerers: a graphic novel about making things (David Brin)

[Adrian Tymes]

Any medium that can deliver a message can be used for entertainment.  Many
are.

Does anyone have ideas on why the final bit "wasn't entirely legal"?  I
suspect that
it may have been, "large construction without a permit, which permit
requires
months of government approvals and committee meetings, during which time the
community that needed that bridge for its economy continues to suffer".  If
that is
so, I think it would have been better to clearly state it, because I suspect
a lot of
the people who would most benefit from reading this are not able to intuit
that.
(Many of them seem unable to see what's wrong with responding to any
proposal
to do something with "more research before you actually do anything".)

On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Bryan Bishop <kanzure at gmail.com> wrote:

> Tinkerers: a tale of the future by David Brin
> http://itdnhr.com/static/tinkerersPDF.pdf
>
> I found it amusing that they complain that the students in the US all
> went into service and entertainment industries, but that the message
> is being conveyed via an entertainment medium. But other than that
> it's neat to see David working on a story in this area.
>
> - Bryan
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> 1 512 203 0507
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