Our history is a living history, that has throbbed, withstood and survived many centuries of sacrifice. Now it comes forward again with strength. The seeds, dormant for such a long time, break out today with some uncertainty, although they germinate in a world that is at present characterized by confusion and uncertainty. Rigoberta Menchú Tum …
Show that living holds worth enough to fight for! Seneschal, “Final Judgment” – Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen On my down time I replayed the cult classic Capcom game Dragon’s Dogma, the high fantasy, dark world classic from 2011 which I have vivid memories of when downloading the demo to repeatedly play the tutorial, kill the …
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 …
What makes us human? What is the consciousness? Can an AI develop a consciousness? How human are we when we lose individuality? Part of our humanity is derived from a consciousness, or, the ability to perceive the world around us. Emotions and feelings are born through struggle and battle. In Hideo Kojima’s Metal Gear Solid …
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 …
Questions without answers are tantamount to an ever-consuming black hole. On the surface, it is not knowing incites a great thrill in chasing the answer, in harboring the cornerstone of discovery. On a deeper level, we might find questions to have such weight and brevity to cause an existential crisis: where did reality come from? …
Having recently finished George Kay’s caper Netflix series Lupin, I was blown away at the intricate adaptation (and expansion) of Maurice LeBlanc’s adamant gentleman burgler, Arsene Lupin. Equally as amazing was Omar Sy’s magnetic, multidimensional character Assane Diop comprised of both heart and fine style. That said, the series has the right balance of humor, …
Reading is a basic literacy skill, yet agonizing to conjure concentration for it. It is difficult if for no other reason than the text existing in the past, with references and signposts unknown to you and therefore opaque and complex. There is no guarantee we will understand the author’s intend either, let alone the deeper …