I watched this video of an Isaac Asimov video, and THIRTY YEARS ago he is describing how we're destroying our environment and there will be deserts and the population will destroy earth and so on. We've known about this for even longer. Why will nothing change? People are lazy, short sighted, greedy. That's why. We …
So slow oh no
Remember when I was excited about writing quicker? 20k words, hooray, I thought. Well, that was nearly two months ago... and I've only written 5k words since then. What is happening?? I think one important thing is knowing what your goal is. I ran out of things I was sure about, and had to manufacture …
Amazing ideas
You have them, all the time. And some part of you might want to hold onto them, to save them for later when you're 'better'. Or you might think that one idea is the best idea you'll ever have, and you might feel anxious to get it right. Well, you'll have a hundred other ideas, …
Bird watching
I recently started reading The Peregrine by J.A. Baker, and am stunned by the beauty of the prose. I have always been endeared by birds and though I've never gone birdwatching, this is making me want to. How he can go on about all the details of how these birds live, and make it so …
Infinities
The idea of dying, and being gone forever, never existing again, is scary. But the idea of always existing, forever, with no end no matter what you do, is pretty horrible too. Maybe humans fear/are repelled by ideas of the infinite because everything we know is finite. Would experiencing something infinite relieve that fear? Maybe, …
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