It's hard to believe I haven't done a post here for 2 months. I won't go into all the reasons -there are too many. One of them was a pair of tax disputes with CRA (Canada's tax people) - an unreal world if there ever was one - where I represented myself alone, since a … Continue reading Returning to this world
Rescuing the Future | The attack on Salman Rushdie | his book Joseph Anton
The attack on Salman Rushdie yesterday......was a shock to me, but not a surprise.
Rescuing Nature | Let’s leave wild pigs alone | these unrecognized gardeners of the planet
Here in Ontario, Canada, farmers and naturalists are alarmed about the frequent sightings of wild pigs in the southern part of the province. We're being asked to report any sightings so the authorities can go after them quickly, since experience in the USA has shown that they must be eliminated immediately. So there were a … Continue reading Rescuing Nature | Let’s leave wild pigs alone | these unrecognized gardeners of the planet
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.
A New Alan Conrad
Until today, whenever you visited this site, the photos you met of Alan Conrad were dishonest. That is, they were five years old, taken when I was age 70. I've been feeling guilty about this deception, so I've finally produced new ones. So whatever you see from now on is the authentic me, in 2021. … Continue reading A New Alan Conrad
Death and Remembering | My wife Merle is gone
Almost as soon as I said I was back here, I had to leave. My wife Merle went in the hospital on May 16, where her condition steadily grew worse. I was going to include a rant here about the current Ontario government's attempts to erode the Canadian healthcare system, in our case depriving Merle … Continue reading Death and Remembering | My wife Merle is gone
I’m back | The trauma of moving and saying goodbye | hope for the future
What would you think of a 74 year-old man who set out on the hardest, longest, most traumatic undertaking of his life? One that would physically and mentally exhaust him, and render him, after it was over, unable to think straight or do anything constructive for days? For the past two months I've been unable … Continue reading I’m back | The trauma of moving and saying goodbye | hope for the future
Rescuing Ourselves | Alzheimer’s and dementia
In case anyone wonders why there have been few posts here recently, for which I apologize, this is the reason. My wife/lifelong partner has been suffering from Alzheimer's/dementia for years, along with some severe physical disabilities. I am her chief caregiver. We have entered the late stages and as much as you can read about … Continue reading Rescuing Ourselves | Alzheimer’s and dementia
Autism and Shyness | Are they related?
In my novels The Birdcatcher and Skol, and in The Shyness Guide, I’ve said that I think shyness and autism are both usually natural. I've also suggested that, in some people, they may be connected. This perception of them isn’t supported by any research as far as I know. But when I was a boy … Continue reading Autism and Shyness | Are they related?
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