Bubonicon, the day after

Bubonicon is over. Throughout the conference, successful authors sat on panels discussing various literary topics. Many of them were quite smart, the kind of people you would enjoy talking to as a friend. And some had a real warmth in their artistic outlook on life.

I felt a bit jealous of their success. The truth is, they probably are better writers than me. At the very least, they wrote well enough to attract an audience.

On the last day I went to a session on AI/Robotics. The panel was stocked with people who write on the topic, just like I do. Their level of qualification in the field? One did server administration. Another had a wife that does server administration.

Again I felt jealous. This time it wasn’t because they were better at their art. Rather, they were honored as experts while I was asked to keep quiet, even though I had substantially greater qualifications as a scientist.

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