GTD in outer space

Annalee Newitz has a great post up today on i09, Gawker's sf blog, about the Seven Habits of Highly Effective Spaceship Captains:

# Don't be afraid to hook up with a cute spaceman. We love Leela on Futurama not just because she's the only person on her ship with any kind of sense, but because she also lets her long, purple hair down once in a while. She's always tangling with spacemen and getting mixed up with strange alien pets. And that's one good reason why her goofy crew would follow her to the ends of the galaxy -- well, if she had enough beer. Lesson learned? A good leader has to get laid once in a while, and she shouldn't be ashamed of it.

# When you're about to go genocidal, get a second opinion. Admiral William Adama from the new Battlestar Galactica is one of the best leaders we've ever seen. He's gotten a group of a few thousand humans halfway across the galaxy, despite the fact that they're being pursuit by a group of homicidal, erotically obsessed cyborgs. He's had to deal with incredible loss and sheer terror, and he always keeps his head. He is also truly humane. How does he keep it together without going all Admiral Cain on everybody's ass? By sharing his power with President Roslyn as well as his circle of trusted officers and advisers.

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[#1 posted by m2key , February 7, 2008 5:41 AM]

Don't forget the cigar and stiff drink and/or CASC
(for the acronymically challenged - consciousness altering substance(s) of choice)

[#2 posted by Jeff , February 7, 2008 5:49 AM]

"Don't be afraid to hook up with a cute spaceman." I would suggest that Captain Kirk (the new fresh one) takes that advice. "The mission, to explore strange new worlds, and have sex with the aliens that live on them..."

[#3 posted by Yankadian , February 7, 2008 11:09 AM]

So did Astro Captain invent Astroglide?