Post-Modern(ism) had taken off her suffix and would not put it back on. “Come now, Post-Modernism,” said Didacticism, “This won’t do at all. How are people to know what you are without expressing exactly what you mean within an appropriate system of signification. The whole system will break down, they will assume you are an […]Read Post ›
The news broadcast pittered at just above a whisper. In happier news this morning China has a new ornament for what has been an empty landscape, the first elephant, that’s right the first Elephas Maximus was birthed this morning. China says they hope this will be the first of many but the process is difficult […]Read Post ›
What offends you? We have many choices, so go ahead and take your pick. Is it people? Places? Politics? Feel free to wander beyond the P’s aisle to the O’s or U’s where the ostriches, outlandish, and unnecessary dwell. You’re sure to find something! I know we’ve never left a customer unsatisfied. Choose from any […]Read Post ›
We are each bounded by our own experience. In some ways, we are our experience. I am the cumulative sum of what I have perceived, felt, thought, etc. Obviously, that premise ignores some rather important biological realities, but I hope it helps to illustrate how impossible it is for the average human to put their own […]Read Post ›
If you will permit me a gross generalization: Apocalyptic visions of the future are anything but new to humanity. Many religions are founded on just that: an apocalyptic future in which all is lost and–in some cases–rebuilt. Popular culture, alongside religious culture, has also long held a penchant for the apocalyptic. Visions of the future […]Read Post ›
To my future children: I am a man of sorrows. Not because I did nothing, but because I did not do enough. I am sorry I did not fight more fervently for education. I am sorry I placed misguided value on passing pleasures. I am sorry I did not question more. I am sorry I did […]Read Post ›
Free speech is often one of the most trophied rights of western societies. The right to speak freely, however, is often accompanied by some version of the adage: “You have freedom to speak but no freedom from the consequences of your speech.” Freedom of the press and freedom of assembly are included in free speech […]Read Post ›
If you have been paying attention to the news lately, you may have seen something that surprised you: Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking, Steve Wozniak, Bill Gates, and others have publicly voiced fears about Artificial Intelligence–existential fears. Cue Sci-Fi references. These otherwise unabashed proponents of tech have become the new vanguard of sorts: a voice of […]Read Post ›
Initiating translation of Aquatic Echoes: I have seen humans in their aquatic attire. They are peculiar creatures.I will attempt to describe them. From what I have observed, the human body is divided primarily into five main trunks attached to a central locus of sorts. These trunks are not equal in size, length, strength, or function, […]Read Post ›
Initiating Translation of Water Echoes: Humans are an irony. It is strange to think that intelligent complex life developed on sol-three’s arid terrain rather than the available aquatic environment. Not only does water account for the larger portion of the planet’s surface area–especially when taking into account the available habitat in volume afforded by water’s viscosity–it also […]Read Post ›
Bradford Windley 