A Visual Timeline of AI Predictions in Science Fiction
As anyone who’s started a company knows, choosing a name is no easy task. There are many considerations, such as: Are the social handles and domain name available?Is there a competitor already using a similar name?Can people spell, pronounce, and remember the name?Are there cultural or symbolic interpretations that could be problematic? The list goes on. Facebook (the parent company, not the social network) has changed its name to Meta, and we’ll examine some probable reasons for the rebrand. Social Pressure Societal perceptions can change fast, and companies do their best to anticipate these changes in advance. As time goes on, companies with more overt negative externalities have come under pressure—particularly in the era of ESG investing. In some cases, the reason why companies change their name is more subtle. Hitting the Reset Button Brands can become unpopular over time because of scandals, a decline in quality, or countless other reasons. We Do More The Start-Up Name Pivot
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Find a quiet place where you won't be distracted by people, cell phones,computers, TV's etc. To start you may want to try this for about 10 minutes then extend the time as you feel more comfortable. There is no need to sit in the lotus or half lotus position, you can sit cross legged or on a chair. You can find meditation pillows and benches at specialty stores or online, though they can be expensive.
It’s a sci-fi trope, but are “beings of pure energy” really possible?
If you've experienced science fiction in any of its many forms, chances are you’ve encountered "energy beings." Unlike the other aliens in sci-fi, they have no ‘physical’ bodies but rather exist as beings of pure energy. They’re usually able to flit about the Universe at will and often demonstrate great abilities befitting their advanced, ultra-evolved state. They are also typically portrayed as more powerful, more enlightened, and possessing a deeper understanding of the universe. It's almost a given in most science fiction that sufficiently advanced civilizations will eventually develop this way. Converting themselves into beings of pure energy seems like the ultimate stage in the development of any civilization. Why is this idea so common? To get answers, Ars spoke to Professor Saurabh Jha, an astrophysicist at Rutgers University. So far, energy beings have been science fiction’s "best guess" at a future so remote and so alien that it’s nearly impossible to guess at.
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10 Great Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Novels
Books It’s a classic theme of science fiction: something really, really bad happens, and mankind is knocked back to the Stone Age. Of course, with the dropping of atomic bombs by the U.S. to end World War II, people came to realize that for the first time Man himself possessed the power to bring about a global cataclysm. And science fiction wasted no time in examining the possible effects (there were speculative stories in print well before the Manhattan Project was even conceived). But nuclear holocaust isn’t the only way Man’s thin veneer of civilization can be stripped by catastrophe. Shouldn’t stop us from thinking about the possibilities, however. Lucifer’s Hammer Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle This best-selling 1997 novel details the approach and aftermath of a comet striking earth with disastrous results. Buy the book at Amazon: Lucifer’s Hammer On The Beach Nevil Shute Probably the earliest (1957) post-apocalyptic science fiction novel to truly achieve mass distribution. Earth Abides
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In order to have compassion for others, we have to have compassion for ourselves. In particular, to care about other people who are fearful, angry, jealous, overpowered by addictions of all kinds, arrogant, proud, miserly, selfish, mean —you name it— to have compassion and to care for these people, means not to run from the pain of finding these things in ourselves. In fact, one's whole attitude toward pain can change. Instead of fending it off and hiding from it, one could open one's heart and allow oneself to feel that pain, feel it as something that will soften and purify us and make us far more loving and kind. The tonglen practice is a method for connecting with suffering —ours and that which is all around us— everywhere we go. We begin the practice by taking on the suffering of a person we know to be hurting and who we wish to help. People often say that this practice goes against the grain of how we usually hold ourselves together. Use what seems like poison as medicine.
What I Learned About the Future by Reading 100 Science Fiction Books | High Existence
Over the past two years I’ve read 100 sci-fi novels, averaging about one per week. See the full list here, with my favorites. I started reading sci-fi to pass the time. I had good memories of reading Jurassic Park as a kid. I started noticing I had different ideas, ideas you can’t find by reading the same TechCrunch articles, Medium posts, and Hacker News digests as everyone else. As futurist Jason Silva says: “Imagination allows us to conceive of delightful future possibilities, pick the most amazing one, and pull the present forward to meet it.”Tweet This I believe reading these books has helped me both in the conceiving and the pulling. Every good sci-fi story is, at its core, a thought experiment. What if these books represented a fair guess at what the future will be like? It’s not so far-fetched. So without further ado, here is the future we are headed for as predicted by history’s greatest sci-fi writers… Read: 10 Ways the Next 10 Years Are Going To Be Mind-Blowing 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
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