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Originally Posted by zerospinboson
Is it just that she doesn't have a blog about her thoughts that's making you choose to read Pournelle's instead, or are you interested in his opinion for another reason than his book sales?  |
Pournelle is pro-technology, has enough military contacts to have access to cutting-edge tech (not exactly "unavailable to civilians" tech, AFAIK, but stuff that's just not widely marketed), and is actively involved in sci-fi fandom. He likes gadgets, and he knows what makes them tick, and he's been working & playing with them long enough to know what features make or break a device in the long run. He can spot the difference between "fun techie toy for geeks" and "early version of the device everyone's going to be carrying a decade from now."