WAGMI: The %TOTAL Maximizer

This , about Futurism, tagged , , , , was written by for , on November 4, 2021 .6 Comments

Fictional short story in which an AI takes over the world by leveraging its financial dominance in the cryptocurrency space.

Of Rats and Men

This about Culture, tagged , , was written by for , on April 25, 2013 .5 Comments

This is a (very preliminary) prologue to a sci-fi novel I’ve been thinking of writing for some time. It’s called 100 YEARS TO VICTORY, but obviously liable to change. My sole question is: Would you continue reading the rest of this book? It’s been nearly a decade since I built my first cage. It was […]

Translation: Sergey Lukyanenko – I Will Vote For Putin

This , about Politics, tagged , , , was written by for on January 23, 2012 .30 Comments

Courtesy of Evgeny‘s comment at Mark Adomanis’ blog, I found a very interesting piece by Sergey Lukyanenko – the bestselling Russian sci-fi writer best known for his Night Watch series, which was later converted into Russia’s first blockbuster film in 2004 – on the recent turmoil in Russian politics. It is a bit dated, from […]

Book Review: James Kunstler – World Made by Hand

This about Futurism, tagged , , , , was written by for , on April 10, 2009 .4 Comments

“World Made by Hand” by James Howard Kunstler, published in 2008. Rating: 3/5. World Made by Hand is a speculative fiction book about how a sociopolitical collapse may be experienced by small-town Americans. It is of a reasonable length, engaging and generally well-written, although far from a literary masterpiece – not that that is necessarily a […]