Welcome w Moon| Sci-fi Short Audiobook

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Welcome w Moon | Sci-fi Short Audiobook

“You may be a special kind of smart, but you’re also a special breed of stupid.”

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26 thoughts on “Welcome w Moon| Sci-fi Short Audiobook”

  3. Of course, now I want a follow-up on Freddy Garza. Independent of Julian; I'd hate to be caught being that romantically naive.
    Great story that captures the spontaneity of the young in the telling thereof, while still holding the fear of consequence and the cautionery perspective of time.

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  7. I get the feeling that some of this – the interaction between scientists and brainy kids – is semi autobiographical. The advice from the father about not hiding your intellect is very good.

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  8. Since Inertia(wow, "wich one of the AI's will I encounter?" "Imagine they're Lions. Which Lion do you think is the one to get out first?" – amazing) and Crusher Tanning, you've been on fire! One hit after another! I admit; the Misfits are really growing on me 😊. Welcome Moon was pretty intense. You're really refining the emotional aspect and state of each character. You really allow us to "read the room", like we're really 'there'. Yes, the helmet. The regret. Life is really precious and yet, the Meaning of it is becoming too foggy for Humanity to perceive. P.E. what is Galactic Van Life… what does the Van stand for?

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  20. I enjoy almost all of your stories, however this time, I must confess I disliked this work. I do think that you have done an excellent job at depicting the combination of sharp intelligence, tolerance of a high risk threshold and arrogance that sometimes manifests in a young male genius whose frontal cortex has yet to close. The work also captures well the social earthquakes that occur when a new generation claims its place its place on the moon challenging their older peers. Apart from a last minute late life retrospection, the story seems to be a pretty constant cultural criticism against a government funded institution in contrast to an elegy to private enterprise tech moguls. From today's point of view, that seems to be a popular theme in American culture. I am not an American, so perhaps that explains why that theme did not strike a strong chord with me. Why for instance was NASA's research to establish a stream of financing condemnable while a tech company's billions in profits is laudable? To be sure the story depicts the former as a lumbering disorganized bureaucracy. But if NASA were to pursue such a strategy, it would most likely be done in a private-public partnership . At least in economic theory, those are supposed to be relatively efficient.  
    The phenomenon of a university thesis mentor who takes a PhD student's research and publishes it under their own name without giving credit is unfortunately all too common – and in this sense Julian's criticism of NASA as depicted in the story is certainly valid. To me the pivotal moment is when Todd offers Julian a "cut". Julian could have insisted on full academic credit – to become known as the inventor of the elevator, thus joining the ranks of DaVinci, Curie, Edison, Bell… But instead it is clear instead that Julian is holding out for the billions (so yes he will get both the credit and the money), but I'm left with the impression that money and ego were the more important. As such the story essentially follows the archetype of a tech genius who drops out before completing his PhD, (or graduates holding the university in distain) and will go on to: found a start-up, use that to leverage capital and in collaboration with big business create technology that changes the course of humanity. Tech giants are lionized as near Gods in our society, so I suppose the story fits with our times. However maybe there is still room to question their perfection. Julian's 11th hour insightful retrospection was just too little too late for this reader.  

    Your story did make quite an impression on me, (and this is just one person's point of view, ) so from that personal perspective, the intensity of my reaction is tribute to your amazing skill as a writer.

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