I recently came across this fragment from one of my favorite authors Kurt Vonnegut (when reading his novel “The Sirens of Titan”): Once upon a time on Tralfamadore there were creatures who weren’t anything like machines. They weren’t dependable. They weren’t efficient. They weren’t predictable. They weren’t durable. And these poor creatures were obsessed by… Continue reading The Purpose Finding Machine
Category: Thought Fragments
The Unused Code
Information is stored in our genetic code we never use. The only scope of human life is to transmit further that information. At higher level that information is spread in bits across multiple individuals. The reason for sexual procreation is to put together those bits of info. All matings are not random but following a… Continue reading The Unused Code
Science Fiction and Geopolitics – Science Fiction as a User Manual
I would like to begin with a simple statement: science fiction is not about the future. It is about the present—but expressed in a language that the present can bear. Imagine a world in which the state monitors you constantly; algorithms anticipate your actions; machines make decisions in place of human beings; and war no… Continue reading Science Fiction and Geopolitics – Science Fiction as a User Manual