Site Update 8/5/2013

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Hello all, and what’s been up with me?

Well first, more writing on the next book – which frankly there probably won’t be much more to say for at least 2 more months.  So it’s large, and it’s about careers, and its some things you’ve seen before in a new form.

I’m expanding my speaking opportunities if you check my Schedule – and there are more to come!  I’m still open if you need anyone for career and geek speaking!

The Seventh Sanctum redesign is going well – in that I’ve got a format to get feedback on.  Not so hot in that it’s clear I’m a bit behind on my design plans and need to really rethink it.  So I’m going to start experimenting even more and see how it goes.

– Steven Savage

Steven Savage is a Geek 2.0 writer, speaker, blogger, and job coach.  He blogs on careers at http://www.musehack.com/, nerd and geek culture at http://www.nerdcaliber.com/, and does a site of creative tools at http://www.seventhsanctum.com/. He can be reached at https://www.stevensavage.com/.

 

Cool Futurism: We’re The Foundation, and Not In The Asimov Way

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“Such was the delusion. We wouldn’t have to do any actual work to get rid of all those terrible problems that didn’t actually have technological solutions, like class warfare (or actual warfare). All we had to do was wait for the tech to evolve to the point where those problems would wither away, where money and jobs (at least, as we currently understood them) would become irrelevancies.“

In response to my analysis of the Omni Cool Futurism and how disunity set in in social trends, Serdar noted one of the big flaws that occurred was that we relied on technology to solve problems. The problems that we needed to solve in many cases were the problems of US.

Now Serdar notes that he thinks 9/11 more finished demolishing the sense of a bright high-tech future that had been slowly eroding. I’m not sure that’s the case as I felt it was more a catalyst/opportunity for some of the forces and trends out there to be unleashed. That may be something to address further down the road (or specifically). The demolishing of the idea of a bright future was one, in short, that I think benefited some people not in a conspiracy sense, but more in that pressing their own advantage harmed us.

However, he hits on the simple point that we thought technology would solve our problems and it didn’t because sometimes, we’re the problem.

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Link Roundup 8/5/2013

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Plenty of interesting news today, so a roundup is in order!

Technology:

Put on your sci-fi boots and go to the virtual farm, vat-grown meat is a reality.  Apparently a dry, not overly exciting reality, but still this is progress (for a remarkably cheap experiment).  Food production is going to be an issue in a complex world facing climate change, so this may provide some career ideas for you, or just some ideas for you writers.  Or a Better Off Ted episode.

A look at the cultural problems startups may have that’s really been making us MuseHackers talk among ourselves.

Video Games:

Muse Hack Friend Jose San Mateo went to Gaymer X and takes a look at a need for Indies to respect gay gamers, and the convention and culture in general.  Ok game developers get reading and get thinking.

OMGPOP is dead as Zynga continues to work to find ways to make people dislike them.

Media:

The Washington Post was sold to Jeff Bezos.  Take a moment and smell the irony.

– Steven