I wish I had a dollar for every time I've heard someone talk about the end of the world, or Humankind destroying itself - in a word, the coming Apocalypse. I once had a discussion with a fundamentalist Christian in which I was trying to find out whether he really believed in the Apocalypse described … Continue reading Rescuing the Future | Me and (I hope) you vs The Apocalypse
Paranormal World | A boy and his pigeon
The next time you're sitting somewhere with a coffee one morning, consider for a moment the possibility that you may be performing that act in 10 dimensions.
Autism and Loners | James Michener still wandering the world
If someone told you..... that the most financially successful author in history was autistic, you probably wouldn't believe them.
Rescuing Reality and/or the Future | Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine
This is the only light at the end of this particularly dark tunnel that I can offer today.
Rescuing the Future | Artificial Intelligence | What to Think About Machines That Think
The advent of machines that truly think will be the most important event in human history.
Rescuing Reality and the Future | Highly sensitive people in an insensitive world | and where does autism fit in?
I believe in aristocracy though.... Not an aristocracy of power... but of the sensitive, the considerate. …
Rescuing the Future | Artificial Intelligence | Humanizing robots and Dehumanizing humans
In all our programming, in all our obstacle-detection logic built into the LISP code, we had never accounted for this... possibility – man kicking robot to show off to girlfriend.
Shy and/or autistic Confidence, and its rewards
In my book The Shyness Guide, I say that when you learn to accept your shyness, you become less shy. It's true. When you're no longer concerned about being shy, you no longer experience that kind of anxiety, so it's easier to talk to people. Simple as that. But that isn't all you gain from … Continue reading Shy and/or autistic Confidence, and its rewards
Rescuing the Future | Artificial Intelligence | Will Einstein come back?
Despite the dark clouds approaching our civilization in 2022, here is why I'm looking forward to the future anyway. One of my favorite SF stories is one by Frederick Pohl in which the protagonist, who I'll call Ted, travels about the galaxy in his personal spaceship with an AI associate that manifests itself in the … Continue reading Rescuing the Future | Artificial Intelligence | Will Einstein come back?
Alan Conrad 