DAVID BRIN interviews
(PDF version)
select print interviews
- The new OMNI Reboot looks snazzy and well-done. Certainly worth a visit. Especially (!) their very nicely-done and edited interview with me about topics ranging from AI and apocalypse to the value and basis and future of science fiction.
- Are we overthinking the worries about Artificial Intelligence (AI)? Gizmodo interviews scientist, futurist and author David Brin, who polled as one of the "10 most read by researchers in AI and computers."
- Here is a fun, brief interview I gave for the leading sci fi magazine Clarkesworld. How is short fiction more “sonic” than longer forms? Why do I write so many thought experiments about human change and destiny? Do we live in a “gift economy” of criticism? Why my obsession with light?
- I'm on record with criticisms about how the Star Wars universe sees modernity. See my interview about the newest Star Wars film at Science Technology Future.
- 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.
