“Put it on main viewer” says Patrick Stewart. Euphoric music begins to play as the crew of the USS Enterprise marvels at the grainy image coming through some sort of impossible technology that could only exist 400 years from now. In 1987, the idea of portable camera technology was a phenomenon worthy of those whoContinue reading “Why Science Fiction Matters”
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Order & Law: Where Are All the Westerns?
Read Time: 7 mins The desert whipped at his face and clawed at his eyes, but he dared not blink. His hand hovered near his holster. His eyes were wide, raptor-like, waiting for the tell. A shift of weight, perhaps, or a twitch in the trigger finger. Somewhere nearby, a rusty hinge squeaks and aContinue reading “Order & Law: Where Are All the Westerns?”
Ancient Happiness
Happiness has become the focus for huge swathes of the population, and the quest to find it fuels an industry of gurus and self-help entrepreneurs which has grown by 20% since 2020. Despite its most recent surge in popularity, seeking happiness is not a new endeavour. In fact, some of the most famous thinkers inContinue reading “Ancient Happiness”
Hanlon’s Razor
Read time: 2 mins Prefer Listening? Find the podcast here Everyone has been in a situation where people have made mistakes. Some people have genuinely had people out to get them. Hanlon’s Razor offers a way to be both kinder to ourselves and to others by suggesting that the chance of an action being genuinelyContinue reading “Hanlon’s Razor”
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