Multiplicities In Paradise

“No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.” ― Gautama Buddha T he future is coming. The places and times that we have lived in and loved are ghosts. Our yester-years are buried. You may cherish the memories or you may damn them...  but it's best to leave them where they lie, the fastest way you can. History is best learned from, not repeated. On our journey, there are many forks in the path. While we know not where they may lead with certainly, using a bit of reasoning; we make better choices of navigation. Never turn back and never deceive yourself that an hour you remember is a better hour because it is gone. Passed times seem safe, yet they are vanquished times, while the future lives in a cloud, formidable from a distance. Yet we can glimpse the forming shapes within this cloud. The coming AI takeover will be further reaching than most people realize. A 2013 study from researchers at Oxford University ...

Written in 1890 by William Morris "News from Nowhere" is a compelling formulation of his views on art, work, community, family, and the nature and structure of the ideal society. One might say it's a Utopian narrative or something like science fiction, but without question, it is an immensely entertaining novel. And one that has cause for resonance today. You can read the work yourself here at no cost. William Morris (1834-1896) is probably best-known today as a Victorian designer whose work has never gone out of fashion. You can buy Morris merchandise – from coasters to picture frames to ties to mugs – in the gift shops of every big design museum.  Do an internet search of  his name, and your screen will fill up with cascades of dense, colorful ornaments. But Morris was also a radical thinker,  and his novel "News from Nowhere" (1890),  has striking applications in the internet era. In "News from Nowhere", Morris imagined a world in which hu...