12 hours agoMember-onlyThe I of CreationMy Dinner with Van Gogh With AI, everyone can participate in what is potentially the greatest flowering of human creativity in history — in all fields, from art to music, writing, science, and more. Although I have a background in photography, I have no formal training in graphic arts. I…AI2 min readAI2 min read
Nov 8The Laws of Life: #1 — SurviveYou are a survivor. I am a survivor. Our parents were survivors. We are alive, but we are mortal. However, the Tree of Life is immortal. We are all survivors — We are the buds, blossoms and fruit on the vast Tree of Immortal Life, which includes every living human…Laws Of Life2 min readLaws Of Life2 min read
Published inThe HeyerScope·Nov 3Member-onlyThe Time Diaries of Marco Francisco De Las Sapiens — June 6, 2053A few years ago, rummaging through the diaries of my future self, I stumbled across the first chapter of a book that apparently I would start to write. I thought, how could I have written such improbable drivel? Surely, the delusions of my demented 105 year old self. Then, just…10 min read10 min read
Published inThe HeyerScope·Nov 3Member-onlyTime Diaries: Aug. 19, 2153 — ResurectionI took the chance and jumped through the just-opening immortality window in 2030. What did I think about my immortal future? Many scoffed at my undertaking. They seemed to hate their life and couldn’t wait for it to end. “Why would I want to live any longer — life is…Sci-Fi4 min readSci-Fi4 min read
Mar 15, 2022Member-onlyZuck’s Parasitic ProboscisWord is that Facebook is Meta and wants us to live in their artificial world called, as I read on Twitter, the Zuckerverse. You can enter its portals, meet with friends, shop, travel, have sex with machines, whatever. …Philosophy2 min readPhilosophy2 min read
Feb 18, 2022Member-onlyGangly mop-topped GaiansLean into the Pacific breeze on precarious cliff-perches,Philosophy1 min readPhilosophy1 min read
Jan 28, 2022Member-onlyIf your life doesn’t look like a bed of roses, maybe you…At 73 only roses as far as my eyes can see…Aging1 min readAging1 min read
Jan 28, 2022Member-onlyThe Secret Life of Hermit CrabsIn defiance of their cultural stereotype as loners, at night hermit crabs love to gather for raucous shell trading parties.Nature1 min readNature1 min read
Jul 2, 2021Member-onlyMeandering Toward EternityMeandering through the rain forest along a muddy, winding track in the general direction of eternity, cresting a hill, we happened upon a…Philosophy1 min readPhilosophy1 min read