I will see the total eclipse on the 21st! I will have to sleep in my car and drive for many hours, but I will see it! I've never seen one, and can't help but wonder what it must have been like for ancient peoples who had no idea what was going on. I'm sure …
Walk a new path
Walking generates ideas. It turns gears that churn the mix in my brain and make new things pop up. However, I've found that walking the same geographical location, turns up the same thoughts. It's as if my mind is walking down it's own internal path, and passing the same ideas over and over again. I've …
Peace on Earth, by Stanislaw Lem
I finished Peace on Earth and I think it's possible that I didn't 'get' this book. I have found afterward that it was meant to be a satire, and though some of it was funny, I took it more of a straight up sci fi adventure/thought piece. Maybe that is why I was a bit …
Unseeing
Humans are particularly good at not seeing things they find uncomfortable, or that upset the way they think the world works. In The City & The City this idea is taken literally... Two cities occupy the same space, and each ignores the other. Language, script, styles of architecture and clothing let the citizens know who and …
Split brain
I've been listening to Peace on Earth, by Stanislaw Lem and the character has had his right and left brain split. It's quite interesting so far, and deals with a lot of philosophical questions like 'is it me inside my head, if i don't know what it's thinking?' So far the plot seems to be …
Jonas David 