Dune 2 is a fantastic movie, one I would put up next to Oppenheimer any day of the week. Now that Oppenheimer has won best picture, it’s clear how highly I think of that film. Having read the book, I knew that going in that the Dune universe wasn’t big on fundamentalism, but I never… Continue reading Religion & Dune
Category: Culture
The Purpose of Negative Space
The negativity around us can be suffocating. I know I feel it, even as an introvert. It’s the collective fatigue from all of the bad news and the uncertainty that has become part of our everyday. Even if we’re not directly impacted, by health or finances, we wait nervously for the storm to reach us.… Continue reading The Purpose of Negative Space
Consider The Bigger Picture
Recently a male friend posted a meme I found offensive on Facebook. I won’t repeat the post, as it was making light of domestic violence and, as a survivor of such a household, it sickened my stomach. I called him out on it as did others. Predictably, some rallied to his side, defending it as… Continue reading Consider The Bigger Picture
The Fyre Festival is the problem of our time – The Three Laws of Feedback
Have you seen the Netflix documentary on the Fyre festival? I will dub it a runaway system. A runaway system is similar to a runaway train or better, a runaway process in computer science. A runaway process is a loop of some sort that eventually consumes all system resources until the machine fails. A runaway… Continue reading The Fyre Festival is the problem of our time – The Three Laws of Feedback