[LINK] Rebuilding the public service with AI

[Tom Worthington]

On 7/28/25 11:20, Roger Clarke wrote:

> I think you're confusing ascetic monks with punk aesthetics
> (which, to an old fuddy-duddy, is a wonderful oxymoron). ...

I have never met any monks as they don't get out much, only some friars.

> I'm wondering where the 'public service' is in 'interplanetary travel'.

Many governments provide public transport, why not interplanetary? More 
seriously, we were given cards with topics on them and that is what our 
team was dealt.

> SpaceGuard? ...

A few years ago I came across the International Strategic Deepspace 
Command (ISDC), in Sydney: https://msquaredmedia.com.au/blog01.php

ISDC have much nicer uniforms than the real Australian Defence Space 
Command: 
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2023-03-03/year-defence-space-command


-- 
Tom Worthington http://www.tomw.net.au
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