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Getting to Solarpunk – Part One

Posted on July 26, 2022July 26, 2022 By Jackson Allen
Getting to Solarpunk – Part One

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…

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Geekquinox, Solarpunk Tech

Patton Oswalt’s Masterclass on Positivity and Creativity

Posted on July 12, 2022July 18, 2022 By Jackson Allen
Patton Oswalt’s Masterclass on Positivity and Creativity

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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Bardist, Geekquinox

Retrofuturism: Russia’s View of Mars from 1968

Posted on July 6, 2022July 18, 2022 By Jackson Allen

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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Geekquinox

Scifi Filmmaker Program

Posted on June 30, 2022July 18, 2022 By Jackson Allen
Scifi Filmmaker Program

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…

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Geekquinox

Creativity Craft: No More Hustle Culture

Posted on June 21, 2022July 18, 2022 By Jackson Allen
Creativity Craft: No More Hustle Culture

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…

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Geekquinox

Sage Scifi – Social Constructs and Science Fiction

Posted on May 12, 2022May 12, 2022 By Jackson Allen
Sage Scifi – Social Constructs and Science Fiction

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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Bardist, Geekquinox

Prepping for a Post-Twitter Universe

Posted on April 29, 2022 By Jackson Allen
Prepping for a Post-Twitter Universe

Yeah, I know I said it was silly to think Elon Musk would buy Twitter. His seemingly obvious attention grab turned into sickening reality with the news we all received this week. Where do we go from here? TBH, I’m prepping for a post-Twitter universe and I’m not the only one. Here’s what the NYT said:…

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Bardist, Geekquinox

Scifi to Build Our Future Together – Part II

Posted on April 13, 2022April 14, 2022 By Jackson Allen
Scifi to Build Our Future Together – Part II

Click Here to Read Part I – As I said in the previous post, science fiction isn’t just a genre, it isn’t just a community, or a hobby. It’s a tool, it’s a weapon in the war against our dystopian reality. We can weaponize this power to slay these monstrous problems, and it’s why I…

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Bardist, Geekquinox

Scifi to Build Our Future Together

Posted on April 7, 2022April 14, 2022 By Jackson Allen
Scifi to Build Our Future Together

Oh man, somebody pull the civilization fire alarm. Call the police, call the government, call somebody. Look at what our world has become – do you remember that mass shooting in Sacramento on Sunday? Did you hear Noam Chomsky say ‘We’re approaching the most dangerous point in human history?‘ Did you see the UN warning…

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Bardist, Geekquinox

“Don’t Let It Happen – It Depends on You”

Posted on February 23, 2022March 1, 2022 By Jackson Allen
“Don’t Let It Happen – It Depends on You”

Like you, I’ve been pretty bummed about what’s happening to our friends and neighbors in Eastern Europe. The nightmare happening in real time reminds me of George Orwell‘s warning: “Don’t let it happen – it depends on you.” We’re failing both our ancestors and our progeny as the world descends further into nightmarish dystopia. “But…

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