“Every breath you take and every move you make Every bond you break, every step you take, I’ll be watching you” – Sting There’s a Wisconsin vending company offering their employees microchip implants in their finger so they can do things like make purchases, log into computers, and the like, and I don’t think they’re … Continue reading
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Meandering Monday about …me?
I’m a walking contradiction, partly truth, and partly fiction. – Kris Kristofferson We’re all that way, aren’t we (no, I don’t mean all the dark, depressingly negative things in that song of his – just that one line.) Part of the reason it’s so difficult (and just plain insulting) to try to put labels on … Continue reading
Forecast Friday: Subhuman
“Captain, although your abilities intrigue me, you are quite honestly inferior. Mentally, physically. In fact, I am surprised how little improvement there has been in human evolution. Oh, there has been technical advancement, but, how little man himself has changed.” – Khan Noonien Singh, Star Trek: Space Seed Khan is referring to man’s progress under … Continue reading
Forecast Friday: Digital Domineering
“Open the door, HAL.” “I can’t do that, Dave.” – 2001, A Space Odyssey (I remember Star Trek out-takes with cast members running into doors over and over again. Of course, that was when there were people hiding off to the side and pulling the doors open. Machines wouldn’t cause any problems on their own, … Continue reading
Meandering Monday about Being Human
I’ve spent much of my life (meaning more years than most people have been alive) not feeling like I quite fit in. With “people.” I tend to be more on the acquaintance level of relationships rather than into deeper connections (with a very few notable exceptions. No man is an island.) When I participate in … Continue reading
