1/ well, the AG actually isn't that crazy; I'm going into more depth on it in vols 3 and 4https://twitter.com/thepiclord/status/1003714410647576577 …
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2/ I worked with this guy for a few years, and we had lots of long discussions about digital physicshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Margolus …
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3/ And the AG drive in the novels is relatively thought-through in terms of how it's implemented. It does obey conservation of energy. N.B. the part when the Wookie crash lands - there are subtle details there talking about energy densities of batteries.
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4/ More subtle details in the scenes set in Lucknow, India when the open source ships are being built.
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5/ Here's a teaser from novel #3, Right and Duty, where the digital physics is promoted from a background element to becomes its own subplot:pic.twitter.com/XXEpXiLaY8
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Warhammer. You've invented Warhammer.
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c.f. Spiral Arm series by Michael F. Flynn takes place a few k yrs in the future they've got tech we have, plus star drive...and they don't know how any of it works (nor do they think this is a problem). Machines build machines; spirit of Einstein + Newton (pbuh) make it work
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Replying to @LibertyFarmNH @MorlockP and
I worry about that now. Having spent decades learning "sand to Skyrim", I don't see how any youth today can learn that _and_ new stack layers from here on up. We'll need AI to cover full attack issues.
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