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more ideas.
author Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu>
date Sat, 02 Aug 2014 14:12:02 -0400
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29 #+begin_quote 29 #+begin_quote
30 There's no end to what a man can accomplish if he doesn't care about 30 There's no end to what a man can accomplish if he doesn't care about
31 getting credit. 31 getting credit.
32 #+end_quote 32 #+end_quote
33
34 - suicide cryonics :: according to [[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/06/magazine/06suicide-t.html][this]], people who commit impulsive
35 suicides have a newfound sense of the importance of life. Perhaps
36 they are good cryonics targets.
37
38 - lead bone :: Could you fill in all the empty spaces in a bone with
39 lead? Might be cool.
40
41 - the quest for life :: Every stupid story has the "immortal who
42 wants to become mortal" or some other such idea. I want to story
43 where the protagonist loses their immortality and feels /angry/
44 and ashamed about losing something that's so absolutely crucial
45 to their identity. A reverse of "death makes life worth living",
46 they feel that living forever is what makes life worth
47 living. Now they've "lost their sunrise" or their "connection to
48 the timeless universe" or something. So they go on a quest to get
49 it back, learning about themselves along the way, and regaining
50 the precious thing they lost in the beginning.
33 51
34 - world-map :: take a small table and paint the continents in 52 - world-map :: take a small table and paint the continents in
35 toothpaste on the table. Make a slightly raised barrier 53 toothpaste on the table. Make a slightly raised barrier
36 around the table. Slowly pour water onto the table, and 54 around the table. Slowly pour water onto the table, and
37 it will form the oceans! 55 it will form the oceans!