I just listened to the section in Crime and Punishment featuring the talk about Raskolnikov's article. (very minor spoilers) The article talks about what Raskolnikov calls 'ordinary' and 'extraordinary' people, and their differences. The ordinary people, he says, are happy to be ruled and told what to do, and have not many exciting or interesting …
Birds will inherit the world
After humans are extinct, birds will be the next to conquer the world with their minds. We've already seen that ravens and crows can understand death, solve complex puzzles, and remember human faces--now it seems they can plan for the future at least as well as a human child. What would a world ruled by …
Flying through space and time
You're doing it while sitting there reading this. The earth moves, the solar system moves, the galaxy moves. All of them very fast. And time flies by. Probably it warps around us and slows or speeds relative to other planets and other galaxies, but always in one direction, sadly. Don't waste it!
AI takeover
I was listening to the radio the other day, and on the pop stations there is a surprising amount of robot-voice or 'auto tune' or whatever you want to call it. I find it strange that this sound could be appealing to anyone, but it seems to be so. What is interesting to me, is …
sleep
I haven't been doing it very well lately. While laying awake all night, though, I do have ideas of what to write next. So there is that.
Jonas David 