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Greg Egan is fairly active on Mastodon. You can follow along at https://mathstodon.xyz/@gregeganSF https://mathstodon.xyz/@gregeganSF

• bossyTeacher 3y ago
  I wish he would show his face and do interviews. He's rather obsessed with Google linking him to wrong faces. I am curious to know what he looks like, his interests, background, etc
  • lifeisstillgood 3y ago
    I think Lock-Pick Lawyer's views on this are germane (paraphrasing): >>> I would show my face or give my name as there are many thousands of normal people to whom that would make an interesting or grounding moment, but it only takes one crazy nut-job to ruin your whole year, and if there is one thing common in the internet, it's crazy nut-jobs
    • bossyTeacher 3y ago
      I understand that viewpoint but I would think that someone as niche as him would go unnoticed in most places
      • kortilla 3y ago
        That’s not the point. The problem is the nut job who is dedicated to tracking you down.
        • bossyTeacher 3y ago
          Why do you/he think that some nutjob would try to track him down? It's not like that's the case with many writers is it? I don't think Arthur Clark, Asimov or even more contemporaries like Liu or Cixin had nutjobs after them
          • kortilla 3y ago
            It is a problem. Read this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22280753 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22280753
  • sohkamyung 3y ago
    Not me. And I would bet no AI would be able to generate a face that resembles Greg Egan. :-)
    • bossyTeacher 3y ago
      We would never be able to tell anyway
• loxias 3y ago
  Oh cool! That's a vote for getting on Mastodon...