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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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….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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‘The prospect of creating beings with intelligence far beyond our own is hugely exiting. It is also hugely worrying because we don’t yet know if the immense power that we believe these agents would possess is going to be wielded in a way that helps or hurts us. That is,Continue Reading

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“[T]he bare skull was marked by several extra lobes, which bulged from the apex of the brain stem. One does not have to be a phrenologist to recognize this extraordinary cerebral mutation, something on the order of a supermind, had emerged from the outer limits.” The subtext is clear: WhatContinue 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

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 There is something darkly comedic about Jeff Bezos recent presentation of his ideas for a gargantuan space station. He is taking a cue from Elon Musk’s penchant for making media savy tech project presentations that garner a lot of positive PR primarily.  Although Bezos does not state it directly hisContinue Reading

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this is a chilling documentary on American governmental and corporate inaction in response to an ongoing human and enviornmental catastrophe in the city of St. Louis. press coverage: https://www.atomichomefront.film/news/recent/ trailer: https://www.atomichomefront.film/clips/Continue Reading

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Charlotte Kirk is a 26 year old British actress. Two Hollywood execs and the casting couch are the battleground on which a young actress’s career hopes are negotiated. A three-year entanglement, revealed here for the first time, offers a window into a dark aspect of the entertainment industry, which regularly brings togetherContinue Reading