It makes me very, very happy when a technology first imagined in science fiction appears in the real world. Today, we see the wearable airbags from Snow Crash.
IN OTHER NEWS, a transgender dude is now pregnant. My instinctive reactions are twofold: 1) that’s a cool photo accompanying the article, and 2) go him, I hope he doesn’t get harassed too badly. I can’t help but think that the guy’s got a long, hard road ahead of him for choosing this path, though.
Also, today was the first day of instrument flight. Nobody really complains that the first few weeks of instruments are conducted in the simulators because an incredible number of people crash at first, including two from my own class today. I was not one of them. Instrument flight is annoying–it demands constant attention and subtle adjustment, with no real reward aside from not crashing–but it’s not really all that difficult. I’m not too worried about the course of this class.
I parse the image as a pregnant man and perhaps because of the “science fiction is real” first paragraph that didn’t strike me as strange. I wish him and his wife all the best, and I fear that they will need it.
perhaps because of the “science fiction is real” first paragraph that didn’t strike me as strange.
It’s good that that construction worked. We live in a world where the very pace of change is accelerating on a daily basis, and we’d never get anywhere at all if we stopped to get caught up in future shock.
*laugh* I love the notion that future shock is a luxury we can no longer afford. Although it reminds me of the people in Transmet who were cryogenically frozen in the late 20th Century and revived when the tech was able – and almost immediately went insane when confronted with the world in which such tech was not only available, but sufficiently cheap that they would revive people as a public service. Frankly, the future is coming at us at the same pace it always has and anyone paying attention will be capable of handling it.
I second this comment.
…no real reward aside from not crashing…
But that’s my favorite thing helicopters do.
Congrats on doing well in your training. As an old grunt, let me say that while we do make fun of you guys, we really appreciate your support.