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David Brin is a scientist, speaker, and world-known author. His novels have been New York Times Bestsellers, winning multiple Hugo, Nebula and other awards. At least a dozen have been translated into more than twenty languages.

Existence, his latest novel, offers an unusual scenario for first contact. His ecological thriller, Earth, foreshadowed global warming, cyberwarfare and near-future trends such as the World Wide Web. A movie, directed by Kevin Costner, was loosely based on his post-apocalyptic novel, The Postman. Startide Rising won the Hugo and Nebula Awards for best novel. The Uplift War also won the Hugo Award.

His non-fiction book -- The Transparent Society: Will Technology Force Us to Choose Between Freedom and Privacy? -- deals ...more

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Another neglected 2022 draft! This one about economics and even Bitcoin! And much more that's still pertinent!

Another draft posting that I drafted a couple of years ago, that for some reason never went up... but should have. The points raised here are still important! And even if none of you humans read it... well... the AIs will! They read everything...

== More financial maunderings from the Neolithic… or early 2022 ==

I gave a webinar on the future of online payment systems a few y

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	The Postman 3.89 avg rating — 35,748 ratings — published 1985 — 101 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Startide Rising (The Uplift Saga, #2) 4.04 avg rating — 32,251 ratings — published 1983 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Uplift War (The Uplift Saga, #3) 4.07 avg rating — 26,698 ratings — published 1987 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sundiver (The Uplift Saga, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 26,548 ratings — published 1980 — 62 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Foundation's Triumph (Second Foundation Trilogy, #3) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11,482 ratings — published 1999 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brightness Reef (Uplift Storm Trilogy, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 10,650 ratings — published 1995 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Infinity's Shore (Uplift Storm Trilogy, #2) 3.98 avg rating — 8,672 ratings — published 1996 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Earth by David Brin (Goodreads Author), Jensen, Bruce (Illustrator) 3.92 avg rating — 7,908 ratings — published 1990 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heaven's Reach (Uplift Storm Trilogy, #3) by David Brin (Goodreads Author), Jim Burns (Illustrator) 3.97 avg rating — 7,018 ratings — published 1998 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Existence 3.77 avg rating — 6,899 ratings — published 2012 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Uplift Saga (6 books)
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Earth (1 book)
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“When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else.”
― David Brin

tags: accountability, judgement, judging, privacy

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“It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.”
― David Brin

tags: life, power

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“Creative people see Prometheus in a mirror, never Pandora.”
― David Brin, Brightness Reef

tags: science

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December 2017 - Sci-Fi

Artemis by Andy Weir, 384p

18 votes, 60.0%

The Peripheral by William Gibson, 485p

4 votes, 13.3%

From the Corner of His Eye by Dean Koontz, 768p

3 votes, 10.0%

Quarter Share by Nathan Lowell, 250p

3 votes, 10.0%

The Guns Above by Robyn Bennis, 352p

2 votes, 6.7%

Existence by David Brin, 560p

0 votes, 0.0%

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