Category Archives: Science & Environment

[Review] Brains: The Mind as Matter – Wellcome Collection exhibition

[Review] Brains: The Mind as Matter – Wellcome Collection exhibition

A review of the recent Wellcome Collection exhibition – Brains: The Mind as Matter. Objective and subjective, physical and metaphysical, scientific and artistic, division and unity; all of these working around one another in a much more dynamic and fluid form then we are able to appreciate when we examine life through our individual lenses that are themselves at every moment of being acting out the miracle of the micro within the macro.Continue Reading

Radio Free Albemuth: Interview with Writer/Director John Alan Simon

Radio Free Albemuth: Interview with Writer/Director John Alan Simon

Radio Free Albemuth is a film that rewards repeat viewings – and not just because this version was more tightly edited and had a more immersive pacing than the preview. There are levels of detail both in the world, but also emerging from the ideological and spiritual depth of the original text that speak to you differently depending on the person you are at the time.Continue Reading

Beyond Cute Robots: Towards a New Concept of Sentience

As we begin to more and more closely assimilate artificial intelligence with highly advanced engineering we should not see ourselves as limited by the biological necessities that have previously created a boundary for physical existence and the expression of identity.Continue Reading

We are the 99%! You are the Revolution!

We are the 99%. We are the hands and minds that allow the corporations and institutions of society to function and grow, to produce and profit. Because of this, we have ultimate power over their existence; but this also means we have a responsibility to act collectively towards a higher mode of being. The revolution begins now, with you.Continue Reading

Best Ethical Apps for iPhone and Android 2011

Best Ethical Apps for iPhone and Android 2011

In an app marketplace dominated by games, to-do lists and social media, I thought it would be worth highlighting some ethical apps that are worth taking a look at. Turns out you can use your smartphone to help change the world (and no, I don’t mean by getting Justin Bieber trending on Twitter again).Continue Reading

[Review] Physics of the Future by Michio Kaku

[Review] Physics of the Future by Michio Kaku

The latest book ‘Physics of the Future’ from the renowned physicist Michio Kaku explores the future of technology and how it will impact our lives. This review covers the book from the perspective of a futurist, seeing if it asks the right questions or merely relies on our wonder for things unknown.Continue Reading