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Two Netflix films document the fragility of marriage over time.  Each does so in a compassionate and thorough manner.  One takes place in 1960, the other in present day.  Intimate as they are, the stories reflect the historical tensions of the periods in which they are situated. Wildlife is aContinue Reading

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The CCP’s dream concept of total control is pervasive.  It is horrible, but highly captivating to a handful of players. Long ago, I wrote in one of few things that ever got published that surveillance can never work in the ways desired.  It would definitely immiserate, but always end upContinue Reading

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In: Robots, Technology, What's up

….spacetime and physical objects are simply our tool, our virtual reality, by which we navigate the infinite network of conscious agents. It’s not the best tool; evolution finds solutions that are satisficing (just good enough)…..Continue Reading

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‘Their recollections of Cohn’s adolescence—the “Boy Rasputin” as he was once called—reveal a portrait of an intensely coddled child.’Continue Reading

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In: Here and There, ID Politics

Just returned.  A month on the East Coast. Quite a thing.  Interesting to consider the Quebec identity issue coming out of this experience.  Can’t help but feel geography plays a large part. In the Maritimes, it feeds into notions of community and belonging.  The sea and ragged coastline demand aContinue Reading

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With Jess a “AI fellow” in an aspirational Dawson College venture to get into the 21st Century flow, the OG crowd sniffed an opportunity.Continue Reading