For a long time, I resisted reading Murderbot, despite all the accolades (for reasons I’ll get into in a sec). I just finished watching it on Apple+, it’s brilliant, hopepunk AF, you should definitely watch/read it. I’ve read Science Fiction since I was a kid in the 70s, and I’ve been a huge fan of “sentient robot” stories all along…. Read More
Dyson Spheres for Space Locusts
I’ve always thought Dyson spheres were the most absurd idea. What “civilization” would be so rapacious as to *enclose an entire star* to meet their “energy needs”. That’s not a sign of “advanced intelligence”—that’s space locusts. It’s only now that I’m making the connection between the economics of “constant growth” and how that permeated the thought processes of generations of… Read More