http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/nerds 2008-10-28T15:31:33Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/46134-neal-stephenson-we-are-all-geeks-now 2008-10-28T15:31:33Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CwV3x1jZ8oE&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CwV3x1jZ8oE&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/46134-neal-stephenson-we-are-all-geeks-now"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/53958" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/05/08/Neal_Stephenson_Science_Fiction_as_a_Literary_Genre">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Bestselling author Neal Stephenson discusses the popularity of science-fiction as a genre, arguing that "we are all geeks now."</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Neal Stephenson delivered a talk entitled The Fork: Science Fiction versus Mundane Culture at Gresham College.</p> <p>Four professors discuss the origins of science fiction, its overlap with other genres and its developments over more than a century.</p> <p>Neal Stephenson is the best-selling author of such novels as Snow Crash, The Diamond Age, Cryptonomicon, and The Baroque Cycle. He is best know for writing science fiction (in the postcyberpunk genre) and his interests often lead him into investigations of society, mathematics, cryptology, currency and the history of science.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/46134-neal-stephenson-we-are-all-geeks-now">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/21622-wired-next-fest 2008-10-21T15:29:48Z theresident <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3bqZOkB-sNg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3bqZOkB-sNg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/21622-wired-next-fest"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/21356" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Futuristic exhibits. theresident.net</p> </div> <a href="/blog/21622-wired-next-fest">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/21621-the-hug-shirt-at-wired-next-fest 2008-10-21T15:29:45Z theresident <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6cKuG-zI3f0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6cKuG-zI3f0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/21621-the-hug-shirt-at-wired-next-fest"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/21355" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>My favorite exhibit. www.theresident.net</p> </div> <a href="/blog/21621-the-hug-shirt-at-wired-next-fest">Watch the video</a>