Marshall Brain has passed away

[ilaksh]

https://www.wral.com/video/nc-state-faculty-member-found-dead-in-office/21735146/

[schiffern]

https://old.reddit.com/user/MarshallBrain

It's an unusual post history. He seemed to post exclusively in a set of small, self-created subreddits. It's quite an eclectic mix of fascinating subjects!

In alphabetical order, I've found:

https://old.reddit.com/r/2ndIntelligentSpecies/

https://old.reddit.com/r/AmAnimals/

https://old.reddit.com/r/ChinaDomination/

https://old.reddit.com/r/ConcentrationOfWealth/

https://old.reddit.com/r/DoomsdayBook/

https://old.reddit.com/r/DoomsdayNow/

https://old.reddit.com/r/GreatCostumes/

https://old.reddit.com/r/HarvestPorn/

https://old.reddit.com/r/HowDogsWork/

https://old.reddit.com/r/HowHumanBeingsWork/

https://old.reddit.com/r/HowGodWorks/

https://old.reddit.com/r/HumanDecency/

https://old.reddit.com/r/Ideathon/

https://old.reddit.com/r/LockCarbon/

https://old.reddit.com/r/MachineThatMakesMoney/

https://old.reddit.com/r/MarshallBrain/

https://old.reddit.com/r/MBthin/

https://old.reddit.com/r/MuskMarsColony/

https://old.reddit.com/r/PeopleBeingAssholes/

https://old.reddit.com/r/RedneckTech/

https://old.reddit.com/r/SomethingGoesWrong/

We didn't deserve him. May you find peace, Marshall Brain.

[gcanyon]

I hadn't been to howstuffworks.com in years. It's...very different now. Much more ad heavy, sensational, "the fourth one will amaze you", "doctors hate #7", and just icky in a way I don't remember it being ten years ago.

[ilaksh]

I don't think that suicide thing is confirmed. The other day they said cardiac arrest. Who knows.

But he has written some really good books, such as https://marshallbrain.com/manna1

[djmips → ilaksh]

I wonder... https://marshallbrain.com/the-case-for-euthanizing-everyone-...

[abraxas → ilaksh]

Manna is such a prescient reading.

[pstuart → abraxas]

Indeed. I fear we may not make it to the second half of the book, but we gotta keep trying.

[MR4D]

Manna shaped a lot of my worldview on tech and humanity. People with vision like that are extremely rare.

He will be sorely missed.

[djmips]

Just watched this recent video - quite moving. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ua6IUZKN58

[jeffchuber]

Rest in peace Marshall

[toomuchtodo]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Brain