Ray Bradford. In just about anything, but in particular his reading of Craig Allison's Expeditionary Force was fantastic. I think this is one of the audio adaptations that really elevates the print. The books are frankly pretty formulaic overall, but the character humor really drives some great comedic moments. Hearing someone narrate a drunk AI waking a starship's Captain in the middle of the night to talk about how Sam I Am was actually just an asshole who wouldn't leave his friend alone, and the stupidly impossible physics of Horton from Horton Hears a Who being about to hear the residents of Whoville is a truly wonderful experience.

Nice. That's the princess from the Legends of Link right?

Hard to imagine us achieving equity in quantum computing anytime soon. We're still failing to bring equitable internet access to a decent portion of the world. Fuck, clean water and access to electricity are still on the to-do list.

As for more developed nations; equality and information sharing are also going to be hard sells. There's a reason governments are funding research at the level they are. The Quantum computing race has serious national security implications. Access to the cutting edge is going to be akin to staying ahead in an arms race. To say nothing of the economic implications.

Do you like female authors and protagonists better when the author and character genders are aligned? (Female author + female protagonists)

Male authors are often critiqued for writing thin, or unrealistic female characters in their novels because of a lack of shared experience. Is the same true of Female authors writing male characters? Maybe, when you select a book with a male author and a female protagonist, you're disappointed by an unrelatable female lead. And when you select a book by a female author, with a male protagonist you're disappointed by that writing as well?

Maybe you're subconsciously preselecting your way into disappointment. Just a thought.

Yeah, well, just the sheer madness of hitting the bullseye with the factors that need to factor in is mind-blowing. And proving you can hit the mark is a good stepping stone for other ideas like asteroid capture and mining. And there's conceivably money to be made there, so maybe that's part of the motivation.

Very interesting. Proof that the DART mission was a good initial study. But we're a long way from a fully effective protection strategy. Glad to see this area of study is continuing to get funding.