Struggle against algorithms — There was a guy at the music store. Whenever I went to buy music, he said, ‘You will love this,’ and recommended CDs. I bought into his suggestions but when I went back home and listened, I hated most of it. For example, he suggested Backstreet Boys based on my…

When my bus came, he said, ‘There’s a lot to learn.’ I nodded and stepped into the bus. He went his way. Before that he talked about proteins, fats, carbohydrates, omega-3. He told me about the foods with most protein and the benefits of joining the gym. When I stepped…

I walked. People walked. The world stood. I looked at the horizon and saw a glow. It seemed warm. I wanted that warmth inside me. So I ran. Now people ran too. Everything ran: the buildings around me, the cars, the buses, the animals. I loved the run, but I…

Which is more important — thought substitutes or manual labor replacements? — I work as a stamping associate in a car parts manufacturing factory where I stand for eight hours a day collecting (flipping and arranging) metal parts stamped out of giant presses and passing it over to another associate or carrying and stacking metal loads handed over to me to bins…

For Max More, transhumanism seems to be a beautiful idea because it is about valuing the human (or transhuman) existence in this life rather than in some supernatural “afterlife”. Wait: What is transhumanism? Here is the definition from Humanity Plus’ FAQ: Transhumanism is a way of thinking about the future that is based on…

One of the most important lessons of life — The year was 2010, I was 18. For a few days, I wandered in the streets of Kathmandu from 7 am to 4 pm without money and plan. At home, my parents thought I was at college. But there was no college. I had failed the first semester and the…

Here is an experiment with Nickelback — I can’t recall my chain of thought when I started browsing my internet through Microsoft Edge. I drown in their ‘relevant’ ads and feed. But I am in no mood to shift to the previous browser. So all I am left to do is try to float in ads and…

We have better tech. We should have moved on. — I keep scrutinizing the Introduction of the book ‘Does Writing Have a Future?’ published in 1987 by the 20th-century philosopher Vilem Flusser. Flusser speculates that writing, the process of ‘placing letters and other marks one after another,’ may not have a future. He argues that information can be transmitted by…

Science Fiction, Technology, Journalism, Philosophy, Biography, and Poetry. — It’s 23rd of July, 2023. I have been reading a lot. Or, at least, I have been borrowing a lot of books. Here they are, lying in front of me. All of them for three weeks. I brought them home with the expectation that they would reveal some truth to…