Will be hosted at UCL (for boring logistical reasons the exact room isn't confirmed yet, but likely somewhere in 20 Bedford Way). Funding isn't available I'm afraid.

If your models could solve real-world problems with sufficient compute - and it's a scarce resource - why would you squander it on people generating and sharing silly videos?

A) Because they're not actually very good at solving real-world problems

B) You're morally bankrupt

C) Both

Cyberspace but it's just really big Mr Beast videos

S-tier Meg episode

Ok, it's not shit with randoms once you get to the later night lords...

The annoying part is this will become Elon's go-to excuse for SpaceX failing to achieve its various unrealistic goals (Mars etc.)

You're spot on about its coherent and seductive qualities though. A tough - but necessary - read.

The critique of profit-only tech and the Dot-com bubble ("Lost in Toyland" etc.) is bearable... Then he gets onto what he wants to replace it with and it's *deranged*.

Spicy paper reveal:

While novels are not instruction manuals, are you at all receptive to them operating on the level of cognitive map or model (i.e. presenting a miniature world that reflects complex systems)?

I see that as distinct from the technocratic "how to" readings that KSR admittedly courts in Ministry.