This is a fear I've heard expressed by a couple young writers within my circles -- that AI will make their jobs obsolete. But will it? Can it? People's opinions on this are all over the place. Some see this as the start of the apocalypse, others like another Industrial Revolution that will eliminate jobs... Continue Reading →
DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVE NOT FINISHED THE LATEST STORMLIGHT ARCHIVE BOOK!!!! I HAVE SPOILERS!!! I've noticed something curious about two of Brandon Sanderson's series. Both Mistborn and The Stormlight Archives (SPOILER ALERT) end with characters ascending to godhood. In Mistborn, it's Vin and Sazed. In The Stormlight Archives, it's Dalinar and Taravangian. Though... Continue Reading →
Over the past few weeks, I've made the case that language and music are proof that human beings are entirely unique as opposed to the rest of creation, that man alone has the capacity for language and that music is something engineered for man especially. Today, we'll hit my final point: art. Now, I’ve heard... Continue Reading →
Two weeks ago we discussed how language is just ridiculously complex and full of meaning to just emerge out of nonsense. Music, like language, falls under the umbrella of something too complicated and perfect to pop into existence. Did it just happen that notes naturally fall into a pattern where every eighth one, ascending or... Continue Reading →
“Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage.’ ~ Sri Aurobindo, Indian philosopher and creator of yoga. We are always being told, directly or subtly, that we are... Continue Reading →
