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Steve Toutonghi

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A native of Seattle, Steve Toutonghi studied fiction and poetry while completing a BA in Anthropology at Stanford. After various professional forays, he began a career in technology that led him from Silicon Valley back to Seattle.

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Steve Toutonghi Hi Andrew,

I'm not that familiar with Goodreads and somehow managed to miss your question until now. First, thank you for the kind words about the boo…moreHi Andrew,

I'm not that familiar with Goodreads and somehow managed to miss your question until now. First, thank you for the kind words about the book! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Though I think technology is an incredibly powerful tool, I'm generally skeptical about it as a solution to humanity's problems. I think one reason that immortality in particular is an unrealistic goal is that even the universe itself will die. So, I can't imagine true immortality, though we may manage very long lives.

When I think about an individual life over a long time line, it seems to me that one's experience during, say 1000 years, is likely to change one utterly. What remains? At what point does one person become someone else? Is an individual's life defined by the continuity of experience over time, or by patterns of behavior and belief? Is our drive for survival a desire for longer life (continuity of experience), or a desire to avoid death (persistence of identity)? How are those two things similar and how are they different? It all sounds academic when asking the questions but I think it has real implications for visions of technological development. As to what I believe--I don't know. I wrote the book in part to hear the characters discuss those questions.

I hope that makes some sense. I really appreciate the question.(less)

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Were you thinking of writing another book? Would it be focused on join technology?

Steve Toutonghi Hi Charles,

I'm working on a couple of things. The project that's farthest along doesn't include Join tech. I'm interested in doing another story in th…moreHi Charles,

I'm working on a couple of things. The project that's farthest along doesn't include Join tech. I'm interested in doing another story in the world of Join, but don't have anything to announce.

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“Unmet promises are rarely empty; rather, they’re filled with the unspoken things people don’t want to do or can’t do.”
― Steve Toutonghi, Join

tags: promises

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“But think about this, maybe even though there are infinite versions of you, maybe every single one of them is an asshole.”
― Steve Toutonghi, Side Life

tags: jerks, life, personality-traits

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“He had fashioned himself into a complex and intricate piece of living machinery, closely engineered for a now obsolete purpose.”
― Steve Toutonghi, Side Life

tags: ennui, obsolete

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