For me, the end of a year is a great time to think about the future.
What did one of science fiction’s most acclaimed writers think about the future back in 1980, what’s changed, and which of his predictions have already come to pass?
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Posts Tagged ‘Thoughts’
Visions of the Future
Posted in Science!, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, future, genre fiction, predictions, science fiction, Thoughts, Writers, writing on December 31, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Drrp
Posted in Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, fail, humans, Thoughts on December 29, 2023| Leave a Comment »
I prepped a post for yesterday and assumed I was all set, but didn’t actually get it scheduled into the correct slot. Drrp. So I’m posting an extra one today, and linking to a fascinating graphic on cognitive bias and the many (many) types of assumptions humans are prone to making.
Every Single Cognitive Bias in One Infographic
Science has shown that we tend to make all sorts of mental mistakes, called “cognitive biases”, that can affect both our thinking and actions. These biases can lead to us extrapolating information from the wrong sources, seeking to confirm existing beliefs, or failing to remember events the way they actually happened!
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Every One
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, Thoughts on December 29, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Every person on this planet needs love, dignity, and purpose.
— Rich Paul
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Annoying but True
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, Thoughts on December 27, 2023| Leave a Comment »
“If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?”
— John Wooden
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Merry Merry
Posted in Holidays, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, Christmas, Thoughts on December 25, 2023| Leave a Comment »
“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.”
― Charles Dickens
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The Strange Phenomenon That Is Saint Nick
Posted in Holidays, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, children, Christmas, creativity, science, Thoughts, Writers, writing on December 24, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Christmas Eve, when Santa is racing around the world distributing presents, seems like an excellent time to think back to the experience of the holiday as a young child. If Christmas was part of your family tradition, do you remember what it was like to believe in Santa Claus?
I do, and despite the ever-present pressures of reality, that sense of wonder is part of why I write.
Making Sense of Santa, as a Science Reporter and a Parent ‹ Literary Hub
“When I was a kid, did you try to get me to believe in Santa?” I recently asked my parents. My father, a mathematician, scoffed. “Of course not,” he said. “We told you he was a mythological being that represented generosity and good cheer.”
Still, every December, my mother hung stockings above the chimney with care. And every Christmas Eve, she made sure cookies were left on a festively decorated plate, as though she truly believed St. Nick would soon be there.
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This Is the Way
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, creativity, inspiration, she should know, Thoughts, Writers, writing on December 22, 2023| Leave a Comment »
“My response to anything that happens, good or bad, is to keep making things. Keep making art.”
— Taylor Swift
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Know Your Limits (In a Good Way)
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, art, creativity, fail better, failure, Thoughts, Writers, writing on December 21, 2023| Leave a Comment »
“You need to drop glass on the floor, get the burns, all those things. The real practice is in all the pieces that didn’t make it, the cliched blood, sweat and tears. You can’t know the limits of something unless you’ve failed.”
— Will Shakspeare, artisan glassblower
And you can still make something beautiful along the way.
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Not So Serious
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, Thoughts on December 18, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Taking your responsibilities seriously should never stand in the way of taking your ego lightly.
— Adam Grant
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Today, Meet Tomorrow
Posted in Science!, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, AI, art, creativity, genre fiction, Thoughts, Writers, writing on December 17, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Ken Liu is one of our modern masters of speculative fiction. The first story of his that I read was “The Paper Menagerie,” “the first piece of fiction to win three genre literary awards: the Hugo, the Nebula, and the World Fantasy Award.”
So he’s pretty good.
He’s also been thinking about art, AI and the evolving relationship between them. Here’s his new story:
Future Science Fiction Digest – Good Stories
Clara’s favorite part of the workday is the very beginning.
She likes flipping the switches on the wall right inside the office entrance, all sixteen of them, different colors and laid out in two neat columns, like the console from an old NASA space capsule that she got to sit inside once on a school trip to DC. As she takes a sip of her latte, her right hand running up the wall, click-click-click, flipping one switch after another, she imagines herself turning on rocket engines, initiating a docking maneuver, venting some dangerous alien spores out the airlock.
The story is one of the many interesting pieces in The Digital Aesthete: Human Musings on the Intersection of Art and AI, edited by Alex Shvartsman with an impressive roster of authors.
Today’s software can only imitate art, but what about tomorrow?
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