DAVID BRIN interviews
(PDF version)
select print interviews
- iO9 interviews me about artificial intelligence (AI) and how we can get into a good mental state to take on the many issues involved.
- This well-written article summarized ideas exchanged during an interesting panel discussion at Arizona State University. Topics ranged from reputation systems and surveillance technologies to the future of the Internet as a problem-solving tool.
- NPR's All Tech Considered, on how Google Glass will change the way we live.
- San Diego's U-T, on exploring the solar system - and SETI.
- U-T again, this time about transparency and spying after the Snowden/NSA revelations.
- Extensive author profile and interview at HBS Author Spotlight.
- Santa Barbara Independent, on expanding our notion of existence.
- Nature Journal, on writing science books for a lay audience (subscribers only).
- Futurist.com, about philanthropy in the future.
- SFFworld.com, on cloning and life extension.
- For Italian readers, Nocturnia, about science fiction and writing.
- Switch Magazine, about privacy and secrecy.
- Discover Magazine, on my predictions for the future.
- John Kenny, concerning science and the profession of writing.
- Writing World, on the genre of science fiction.
- Living Planet Magazine, on environmentalism in science fiction.
- gameranx, concerning games & the future.
- io9, on the need to restore optimism to science fiction.
- Lightspeed Magazine, on the Fermi Paradox.
- North County Times, on abandoning clichés.
- Stephen Ormsby, a Q&A on a writer's life.
- Wired Magazine, a "Geek's Guide to the Galaxy" profile.
- NPR, about "The Nature of Existence."
- Futurist.com, about predictions for the future.
- Red Green & Blue, about science & politics.
- Geek Wire & Red Green & Blue, concerning tech & geek culture.
- On Fiction Writing, on the craft of writing.
- Genre Online, defending our society.
- Orbit Magazine, about Google's Project Glass.
- The Horror Zine, a Q&A about technology... and life on other planets.
- h+ Magazine, a feature on surveillance and sousveilance.
- Science Fiction Musings, about writerly obsessions and other ODDysseys.
- Discover Magazine, on my predictions for the future.
- John Kenny, concerning science and the profession of writing.
- Writing World, on the genre of science fiction.
- Living Planet Magazine, on environmentalism in science fiction.
- Slawek Wojtowicz, on a writer's life.
- Ideomancer, about becoming a writer.
- Planetary Society, on getting to Mars.
- SanDiego.com, about The Architects (television series).
- WE Online, on teaching and writing.
select video & audio interviews
- KCRW's SnapChat and the art of "forgetting", on "To the Point."
- Daily Galaxy's interview about SETI and the Fermi Paradox distills the crucial matters into just over three minutes.
- ASU's Center for Science and Imagination, answers to "five burning questions" about the future, resilience and imagination.
- Utopia in Exile, science, the future, mind-stretching exercises.
- David Livingston's syndicated radio SPACE SHOW, starships, asteroid mining, bringing boldness back to our civilization.
- Mythbehaving, Sci Fi, dystopias, augmented humans & more.
- mendelspod.com, science & the "great delusion."
- Discover on NPR, science of Sci Fi.
- Discover on NPR, writing Sci Fi.
- The World Transformed, our thinking transformed.
- Discover on NPR, video surveillance.
- NEXT, our inevitable future.
- Horizons 2020 a framework for the future.
- KPBS, the nature of Existence.
- Singularity weblog, the Singularity.
- Kickstarter, funding dreams and the wisdom of crowds.
- Well-Read, comparisons between Existence and John Dos Passos's U.S.A. trilogy.
- UCtv (3 videos), science fiction as literature, the Positive Sum Game, and the prevalence of cynicism.
- Reason tv, uplifting.
- France 24 asks: What is our future?
- Scott Sigler's Friday fix.
- UCtv Prime, the "science fiction" barometer.
- Cover to Cover, Existence.
- The Planetary Society, Existence.
- Aliens! On Larry King! With Dan Aykroyd!
- Author, reading chapters from Existence.
- NPR, science fiction writing.
- NPR, the science in science fiction.
- Conspiracy Theories... oh my! Part 1 & Part 2
- WorldCon 2012, the Uplift series.
