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Austin Scott Collins

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After earning a degree in English from the University of Central Florida, Austin Scott Collins spent 13 years as a cargo pilot and flight instructor for a company which no longer exists before retiring from commercial aviation to concentrate on sailing and writing.

He now lives on a sailboat with his wife Trish. Among the things he does not have are a television, a car, a lawnmower, and a permanent physical address.

When not working on his latest book (and the binary stars of Time and Money are in harmonic alignment), Austin can be found skydiving, flying gliders, riding his motorcycle (sometimes on extremely long trips) or exploring the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida, which is where he and Trish are docked for the moment.

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Creating Reality

Just because something is “made up,” that doesn't necessarily mean it isn’t also real.

Our entire legal system is invented. Human minds came up with the concept of money. Insurance is an elaborate contrivance. Yet these things offer palpable, tangible, measurable, quantifiable benefits and can, conversely, do great and terrible harm.

It’s easy to take a bong rip and declare, “money isn’t real, man” Read more of this blog post »
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Published on December 25, 2022 11:28
Average rating: 4.36 · 25 ratings · 11 reviews · 3 distinct works
Dicing Time for Gladness

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Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber
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I cannot recommend this book too highly. Graeber's work spans history, sociology, anthropology, political science, and economics. The subject--meaningless work--is something we can all relate to at some level. His methodology and analysis are tight a ...more
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“Well, for instance, why does everything always have to be written from the point of view of a human being? Why not write from the point of view of a cat? Or a tree?”
Austin Scott Collins, Crass Casualty (The Victoria da Vinci novels)

“I do not run from beauty, my own or anyone else's. If it is a gift, I claim it and I use it. And if it is a curse, well...I claim it and use it." Victoria da Vinci”
Austin Scott Collins, Dicing Time for Gladness

“But like Machiavelli tells us, you must use the assets and resources at your disposal. Use them all, and use them to maximum effect.”
Austin Scott Collins, Dicing Time for Gladness

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