Rob Patro and Doug Dugan offer advice on how to popularize computer science. Do what you like doing, they say; there's no one right format for spreading the good news. Not every subfield within science gets equal publicity, says Rob Patro. He doesn't think people spend too much time on the search for subatomic particles.
Welcome to the October 2022 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). We take questions asked by Patreons, whittle them down to a more manageable number — based primarily on whether I have anything interesting to say about them, not whether the questions themselves are good — and sometimes group them together if they are about a similar topic. Enjoy!
Support Mindscape on Patreon.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.