http://faves.com/users/eric/rss?st=user%3aeric++tag%3a%22writers%22http://faves.com/Your community view of the Web.en-usFri, 08 Jan 2010 18:27:13 GMTFri, 08 Jan 2010 18:27:13 GMTFaves RSS Generator60http://faves.com/images/logo_login.gifhttp://faves.com/14030<img src="http://i.faves.com/01/d4/b495/8f9e6a23/9dad998c233c82f81c_5.jpg" /><p>I went and saw Greg Bear speak a month or two ago. He spoke about his advisor role at Homeland Security. I think it's a pretty great idea to have a group of able-minded science fiction writers thinking through possible disaster scenarios and how we can avert or at least respond to them.</p><blockquote><p>Quoted: Looking to prevent the next terrorist attack, the Homeland Security Department is tapping into the wild imaginations of a group of self-described deviant thinkers: science-fiction writers.</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://faves.com/users/eric/dot/86630756239">Comment at Faves</a> | <a href="http://faves.com/Out.ashx?u=http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2007-05-29-deviant-thinkers-security_N.htm&amp;d=86630756239&amp;t=science,government,writers,science+fiction,Greg+Bear,Department+of+Homeland+Security,thepugetnews&amp;ls=rss">View original page</a></p>http://faves.com/users/eric/dot/8663075623920.86630756239Thu, 31 May 2007 16:05:56 GMTericscience,government,writers,science fiction,Greg Bear,Department of Homeland Security,thepugetnews