Comments on: Beyond the Cloud http://strangeandhappy.com/2010/03/07/beyond-the-cloud/ Science Fiction Author Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:05:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jetse http://strangeandhappy.com/2010/03/07/beyond-the-cloud/comment-page-1/#comment-5742 Jetse Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:20:42 +0000 http://strangeandhappy.com/?p=557#comment-5742 I quoted Burt Rutan, American aerospace pioneer in <a href="http://twitter.com/Outshine/status/9155396326" rel="nofollow">@outshine</a>, after reading an interview with him in <i>New Scientist</i>: “If half of them believe it’s impossible, and half think it’s really hard but worth trying, then it’s a research project.” And that is the way in which a huge amount of progress is made. Or, indeed, as <a href="http://futurismic.com/2010/02/18/back-to-the-future-of-the-past-venture-capitalist-advocates-a-return-to-radical-futurism/" rel="nofollow">Peter Thiel</a> mentioned: we need to aim for radical progress. Has SF lost its drive? Obviously, the real world hasn't... I quoted Burt Rutan, American aerospace pioneer in @outshine, after reading an interview with him in New Scientist:

“If half of them believe it’s impossible, and half think it’s really hard but worth trying, then it’s a research project.”

And that is the way in which a huge amount of progress is made.

Or, indeed, as Peter Thiel mentioned: we need to aim for radical progress.

Has SF lost its drive? Obviously, the real world hasn’t…

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