Techno-Phobe
Techno-Phobe introduces Javier, an extended-cognition human, and Satoshi, an unmodified human. It is the first of the Adventures of Satoshi Bitman in my collection Fake News & Solitude. Satoshi's adventures…
Cybernetics – biological, mechanical, social – involves the study of learning though interaction and feedback. It is an expanded concept of mind that can include concepts like extended cognition – use of external resources to process and interact with information. My stories ask a few questions:
- Who owns the future of education?
- How will the plutocracy exploit cybernetics?
- What are the consequences when algorithms influence sapience?
- Can we augment our reality to meet our expectations?
- Can we mod our expectations to embrace our reality?
- What cons can be run on extended cognition dependency?
- Would it be fun?
- And more…
While free will versus determinacy are a common flash point of enmity, it’s more interesting to consider the results of molded will. Not whether we can or should know our fates – but the perhaps exciting, perhaps unsettling prospect that we are enmeshed in the architecture of fate.
For-Profit Education
This blog post explores for-profit education, debt, inequality, and destructive effects on mental health, opportunity, and productivity. This morning, I drove “Rabe” to our off-leash dog beach. It’s our first-light…
Dillingham
Dillingham, Alaska - once a fishing village, now a United Nations Climate Refugee city flooded by billions fleeing the Deluge and Scorch. No expense is spared to build a residential…
Manhattan
Sun-baked Manhattan, protected by its Bay Wall, awaits the rising cold, gray Atlantic. Manhattan governs the Northeast American Continent alongside several other mega-cities. Hundreds of millions of inhabitants mull about…
Benediction
Benediction Benediction's inhabitants have converted their world into a massive supercomputer - the Exoverse Machine. The purpose of the asset is to completely map the moments of the Universe. "Custodian"…