Blurred Minds
"Should we consider this spectrum of simulation illusory relative to the experience produced through perception? In other words, to what extent is our subjective reality predicated on our immediate sensory circumstances?"
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The Rise of our Silent Gods
"We imagine that our preferences are ours. But is the sunflower’s tilt toward the sun a choice? Or has the light seduced it since seed? So too, we bend toward some inner radiance—or shadow—that calls us. Some to anger. Some to art. Some to needle. Some to prayer."
The Balance of Thirst and Quench
"Each new day is a new micro spawning from another darkened chasm of horizontality. We rise compulsively each morning ready to do creature things. But what does a creature need to do? What is a creature supposed to do?"
To Achieve More, or to Need Less?
"...this dogged pursuit of material goods is a slippery slope to excess and betrayed expectations; discerning between wants and needs is a daily challenge with decades-long implications."
Creating Sky from Earth - Communication, Expression, and the Flow of Thought
We stand on the brink of an era where the spinal cord may become redundant, skills could be downloaded, and silent mind-reading might become a reality.