Even though I’m drafting on Mike.Sierra.Echo like there’s no tomorrow – I want to speak for a moment on the Matter of Mattering. Yes, of course you matter. I matter. Yes, I’m writing like a madman – I want to finish this draft by 12/31! Yet, I don’t want to forget that working on me…
Let’s sidebar back to some cool hacking stuff for you Mesh fans – listen to the Darknet Diaries. I started yesterday and I’m already enthralled. These stories are EXACTLY the kind of thing that inspired me to write Mesh and it’s happening all right now in real time! Here’s an example: Remember that scene in…
This is both awesome and sharable – lo-fi meets sci-fi in this beautiful 8-hour YouTube clip of rock and AI-generated scifi images. I’m using this while I write Mike.Sierra.Echo. Take a look, and bookmark for future reference: I hope you’ll forgive my lack of updates – as you can see from the MSE Progress Report,…
Ran across an exciting video that connects directly with Mike.Sierra.Echo – our space elevator future is getting closer! Anton Petrov runs What Da Math on Youtube, and he explains science, math or other complicated topics using simulations, video games and easy to understand words. Naturally, this makes him the perfect person to explain a complex…
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Let’s now discuss getting to Solarpunk – and the need to address leaders versus ‘greeders.’ We’re not going to get to a solarpunk future until we’ve addressed the resistance to change that prevents us from human progress. We can’t address resistance until we teach people to accept and assimilate change at a cultural level. I’mma…
You know Patton Oswalt, even if you don’t know you know him. From ‘King of Queens’ to the voice of Remy in ‘Ratatouille’ to the exec producer of ‘I’ll be Gone in the Dark,’ Oswalt has enjoyed a robust, fulfilling creative career spanning four decades. And yet, for all his success Oswalt is very open…
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I collect interesting artifacts of retrofuturism, as you may be aware. Here’s another example, an educational film produced and directed by Pavel Klushantsev. Mars (Russian: Марс) is an interesting blend of science fact and science fiction from over fifty years ago, discussing the technical possibilities and challenges of a manned Mars base. According to…
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Quick shout out to the filmmakers in the crowd. Are you a student or indie filmmaker? Looking for something to shoot? Look no further: let’s talk about the Sci-Fi Dollar Baby Program. What’s a Dollar Baby? Stephen King came up with the idea back in 1977: “’77 was the year young film makers – college…
Coffee’s brewing, and I’m cooking some eggs – Beautiful day in Eugene – I’m going to take a walk later, soak up some vitamin D. Let’s take a moment to talk about something I’ve wrestled with – creativity craft: no more hustle culture. Creativity is a beautiful, fragile human state. Forcing our creativity into hustle…
Today’s sage scifi discussion concerns social constructs and science fiction. What’s a social construct? Simple – A social construct is something that exists not in objective reality, but as a result of human interaction. It exists because humans agree that it exists. Another way of looking at this concept is through W.I. Thomas’s notable Thomas theorem which…
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