Writing about writing and reading
In America, you have to pay lots and lots of money to get an education. So much so these days, that if you aren't born well off, it's pretty prohibitive. The steadily rising costs of education could be seen as the natural end result of a capitalist society--a product in demand will rise in price. …
Continue reading "Knowledge is power–that’s why it’s so expensive"
If only we could live without it. I never have had fantasies of being rich and powerful, just of being free to follow my interests and not have my energy monopolized by merely surviving. Why, with all our technology and resources, are we still having the majority of people in our society wasting their lives …
What is light? It brings us information but is itself insubstantial. Sound is has no mass, or weight. Light and sound aren't objects or material in themselves, only energy... motion... but they seem to be most of what our human experience is made of. Someone or something that knew how to manipulate light and sound …
One thing about audiobooks, is you can't tell how far into the story you are while listening. A paper book, you can see the thickness of the pages in your hand. A kindle book has that little percentage on the bottom as you turn the pages. But an audiobook, who knows? I'm still listening to …
Continue reading "That feeling when you still have half the book left"
I've been having a lot of ideas lately, giving them a bit of polish, then storing them away for later. I don't often have success with an idea when I write it too soon. Ideas need to age... But now that I've got a few of them shelved and fermenting, maybe I can actually get …
Jonas David 