Learn from me – if not by my precepts, at least by my example – how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge, and how much happier that man is who believes his native town to be the world, than he who aspires to become greater than his nature will allow. Victor Frankenstein, “Frankenstein” by Mary …
The chief task in life is simply this: to identify and separate matters so that I can say clearly to myself which are externals not under my control, and which have to do with the choices I actually control. Where then do I look for good and evil? Not to uncontrollable externals, but within myself …
When the end of the world arrives, will you be ready? An indeterminate amount of media and literature covers our impending doom, whether that be climate change, a supernova, aliens invading our earth and so on. The zombie, however, is noted to be a sudden onset of societal degradation. Their existence always provokes a catastrophe, …
Literature in the digital sphere has established a culture of dependency on technologies and tertiary hearsay about facets controlling our everyday lives. In connection we have Snowden’s exposé on the NSA’s surveillance systems and the repeal of net neutrality that allows ISP’s to have grater control over our information systems and sell our data to …