What motivates you? aversion to boredom

AI Overlords!!

I just typed ‘mens health clinic’ into Maps, and tapped on ‘search nearby’. I live on the east coast of Australia. Apple’s wonderful AI directs me to somewhere in Winnipeg but is, somehow, unable to provide directions. Here is a personal, heart-felt message to everyone at Apple: JUMP OFF THE END OF THE PIER!

Offensive

Who art thou?to slay historyone must have anagenda Who art thou?to devour one’s childrenone must have amoral imperative I know thee!before my eyesI see thousands of yearswrithing in agony I know thee!before my eyesI see untold generationsyearning in desperation Canst thou know me?we look into each other’s eyesrecoiling from your painterrified of my scrutiny CanstContinue reading “Offensive”

Pretensions

For the past few months, I’ve been attempting to define morality, its mechanism, and how people invest in this concept. However, something funny happened on the way to the circus… What is good? What is bad? For the religious amongst us, what is evil? Murder is usually defined as bad, but, in what context? AsContinue reading “Pretensions”

Quote of the Day

I have suspected for several decades that the universe is actually horribly obvious and it is us who make it seem so bloody mysterious, mostly because we are bored.

If humans had taglines, what would yours be? Read user manual first.

All Good Things…

The final episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation is revered by us groupies as one of the finest pieces of science fiction ever created. I have re-watched this episode for decades and still find lovely useful nuggets of insight. As a case in point, let me give you some background… Science fiction is theContinue reading “All Good Things…”

Biological Philosophy

What is the nature of the universe? Well, it is a collapsing wavefront of particles and antiparticles which results in the forward momentum of time. Now that that is out of the way, let’s ask a more interesting question: what is human nature? An awful lot as been written and spoken about human nature. TheContinue reading “Biological Philosophy”