# 2016-07-06 - A Galley Proof of Innovation and Its Enemies in Austin > [!note] Photo Journey No. 20 > Published October 25, 2026, in [[photo journey/welcome|Photo Journey]]. ![A Galley Proof of Innovation and Its Enemies in Austin](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczOXhq4lN9NtS9bSI6-ShSzAEaI3TRaJVtAMkrH1QPJyehh9nPS3fR0VD8otF8FjwvbmWzvN297sMfeFijR_U2GaiE4pZKI6vWvAbLC5QprBnvCEXsej=w1600) *A spiral-bound proof of Calestous Juma's Innovation and Its Enemies: Why People Resist New Technologies, from Oxford University Press, open to its title page on a gray cushion in downtown Austin, Texas, on a Wednesday afternoon in early July 2016, six weeks after the Nasdaq event where Bryant and Calestous introduced the book. Bryant collaborated with his dear friend Calestous on the book, in late-night exchanges about the trajectory of technological systems, genomics, genetic engineering, bio-convergence and the thresholds of public acceptance; Calestous has since died.* ## Reflections ## Related ### Writing - [[articles/Breakaway Space Habitat Infrastructure?|Breakaway Space Habitat Infrastructure: Obscured but not Absent]] *(Jul 5, 2025)*: Bryant on his collaboration and late-night dialogues with Calestous Juma on Innovation and Its Enemies. - [[articles/AI-Tech Doomerism and Anti-Science Panic|AI-Tech Doomerism, Anti-Science Panic, and Those Who Sell Technological Exile]] *(Sep 17, 2026)*: the same subject as the book: why people resist new technologies, and what the panic costs. ### Livestreams - [[livestreams/Aloneness, Emotional Resilience, and Becoming Your Own Light - Livestream|Aloneness, Emotional Resilience, and Becoming Your Own Light]] *(Jul 1, 2016)*: broadcast in Austin the week before. - [[livestreams/Radical Self-Acceptance and Expanding the Opposite - Livestream|Radical Self-Acceptance and Expanding the Opposite]] *(Jul 9, 2016)*: broadcast in Austin three days later. ### Wiki - [[wiki/Austin, Texas|Austin, Texas]] ## Location <iframe width="100%" height="300" style="border:1px solid #ccc; border-radius:8px" loading="lazy" src="https://www.openstreetmap.org/export/embed.html?bbox=-97.7498%2C30.2605%2C-97.7378%2C30.2685&layer=mapnik&marker=30.2644617%2C-97.74382"></iframe> [Open in OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=30.2644617&mlon=-97.74382#map=16/30.2644617/-97.74382) · [Open in Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps?q=30.2644617,-97.74382)