It’s 93o outside, so I’m staying in and catching up on some housecleaning. Sparky wanted to keep me company, but him walking on wet floors wasn’t helping. He doesn’t fully trust the vacuum cleaner. Since I was screwing up his afternoon, he decided to just go to bed until I settled down.
Or maybe Sparky didn’t like what I was listening to on Spotify.
Mythic Quest is an offbeat office comedy set at a video game development company. The characters are maximum diversity, with old and young, White, Black and Asian, gay and straight. It works because all of the characters have strengths and weaknesses. The show doesn’t avoid diversity topics, but when they come up, both sides are represented, but it all seems a bit silly.
We Are Legion [We Are Bob] is the first book in a five book series known as the “Bobiverse” by Dennis E. Taylor that came out in 2016. It’s funny, creative and thought-provoking, without any heavy-handed messaging for modern audiences. It’s an entertaining and engaging series, and one of the few that I ever revisit.
Youtube: Humanoid robots belong in the trash
I didn’t think there would be any reason for a second post about Youtube physicist, Angela Collier, but the universe is insisting upon it. Since I watched several of her videos yesterday, the algorithm suggested another one today.
This video is different because it’s more of a pop culture physics rant, then a physics video. Angela mentions that’s it’s not a typical video, but she wanted to get her thoughts out about the impracticality of humanoid robots in movies and TV shows. I’ve thought the same thing, so watched it and found it more engaging.
That isn’t why the universe is encouraging me to post.
Terry Bison’s short story, They’re Made Out of Meat, is so bizarre, it’s not surprising that many people have made videos of the story. This one is my favorite.
Trigger warnings are bullshit like all the other snowflake crap they foist on us. Trigger warnings could be good, but acceptable trigger warnings are about content that mentions guns, racism, homophobia or transphobia. Calling it a trigger warning implies that a person with PTSD could suffer deep anguish and mental suffering.
In reality, a trigger warning indicates topics that Progressive crybullies wish didn’t exist.
I’m listening to The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathon Haidt. He is a social psychologist and what I’d call a public intellectual. His books are for a general audience and address the research relating to culture, moral and philosophy. I’m enjoying the book so far, and wanted to post some interesting ideas he presents.
WSJ: Former Navy SEAL Who Keeps Churning Out Hit Books
WSJ: Former Navy SEAL Who Keeps Churning Out Hit Books
Some writers sell fantasy, romance or mystery. Former Navy SEAL Jack Carr trades in his precise knowledge of guns and battlefield tactics.
I have listened to the first three of Carr’s books: The Terminal List, True Believer and Savage Son. Along with a knowledge of guns and tactics, he understands people and writes plausible scenarios. I am a big fan of his books.
J.S. Morin’s Galaxy Outlaws is usually recommended as a book series similar to the Firefly TV show. That is just wrong. If you like Science Fiction, you must watch Firefly. It’s described as a Western in space. That doesn’t do the TV show justice and is part of why Firefly didn’t catch on when it originally aired, and only lasted one season. The characters in Firefly make it a perfect TV show. 10/10. There isn’t a thing that can be changed to improve it. If you don’t like Firefly, then you don’t like that genre.
I just finished the Robot Geneticists series by J. S. Morin. It is also known as the Project Transhuman.
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