"When this thing hits 88 MPH, you're going to see some serious shit!"
So, it's been requested that I write a post. So here I am...writing a post.
Uhm.
I'm not sure what to write about, though. I'm slightly hungry. But not sure I want to get something to eat just yet. I've got a set of 5 articles to finish by tomorrow. I'm in a good place, it's just tedious work. They're all on the same topic. And I've only got a three meager websites to glean info from. But all five need to be unique. It can be difficult trying to say the same information 5 different ways.
I'm also slightly miffed that The CW pushed back the return of Supernatural and Smallville for another week. Every show is on this incredibly erratic schedule now. It's just not fair. Not fair, I say! At least V is back. That's something.
I really don't know what to write about! Ack! Maybe because I'm still thinking along the lines of articles rather than my own thoughts. And it's really not very interesting to talk about at the moment.
That's it, I'm going to rant about science fiction on television, or the lack thereof. There's simply not enough of it anymore. And there should be, especially now. Science fiction is a form of storytelling that, at its base, is about how people relate to technology. How technology changes us and how we live. That's a subject that should be explored right now.
Think about the world as it is. We're connected more than ever before by computers. We're learning more about the universe than ever before. We've got genetically engineered salmon available for consumption. We're discovering ways to explore nanotechnology, and even marry technology with your own bodies. So why, when technology is advancing at such an incredible rate, do most people seem to refuse to explore the ideas of science fiction?
I think part of the reason is the influx of aliens shoot-'em-ups. You can't deny, obviously, that aliens are a part of science fiction. But they are not the end all, be all of the genre. Science fiction is not all about alien invasions. There's time travel. There's cybernetics. There's artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, and genetic engineering. Technology isn't going to go away, so why aren't we imagining how our lives might change because of it?
It frustrates me. It seems a lot like no one wants to consider what our technology might be doing to us. What changes we're making to our bodies, our minds, the way our species may evolve. How we may think, what new problems we may encounter, where we're going as a species, all of these things are worth considering.
Sometimes I think there's a disconnect with it. Science fiction most often discusses where we're headed in the future. But most of us appear to have become so disillusioned by the future we're living in now, we don't want to consider where we're headed. We don't want to think about the potential horrors that may arise from what we're doing now. We don't want to consider what errors we may be making.
It's just frustrating. But anyway. Hah. This turned into quite the rant. So I think I'm going to end this...NOW!
Wait, I was wrong. One more thought. What if the reason we've never discovered a time traveler is because the universe instantly rewards anyone that discovers it? Think about it. If you could travel through time, you could go forward and find out winning lottery numbers, then go back and buy a winning ticket. After winning the lottery, would really want to tell anyone how you did it? Perhaps time travel is possible. Maybe it's just that the universe pays hush money to anyone that discovers it.
Uhm.
I'm not sure what to write about, though. I'm slightly hungry. But not sure I want to get something to eat just yet. I've got a set of 5 articles to finish by tomorrow. I'm in a good place, it's just tedious work. They're all on the same topic. And I've only got a three meager websites to glean info from. But all five need to be unique. It can be difficult trying to say the same information 5 different ways.
I'm also slightly miffed that The CW pushed back the return of Supernatural and Smallville for another week. Every show is on this incredibly erratic schedule now. It's just not fair. Not fair, I say! At least V is back. That's something.
I really don't know what to write about! Ack! Maybe because I'm still thinking along the lines of articles rather than my own thoughts. And it's really not very interesting to talk about at the moment.
That's it, I'm going to rant about science fiction on television, or the lack thereof. There's simply not enough of it anymore. And there should be, especially now. Science fiction is a form of storytelling that, at its base, is about how people relate to technology. How technology changes us and how we live. That's a subject that should be explored right now.
Think about the world as it is. We're connected more than ever before by computers. We're learning more about the universe than ever before. We've got genetically engineered salmon available for consumption. We're discovering ways to explore nanotechnology, and even marry technology with your own bodies. So why, when technology is advancing at such an incredible rate, do most people seem to refuse to explore the ideas of science fiction?
I think part of the reason is the influx of aliens shoot-'em-ups. You can't deny, obviously, that aliens are a part of science fiction. But they are not the end all, be all of the genre. Science fiction is not all about alien invasions. There's time travel. There's cybernetics. There's artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, and genetic engineering. Technology isn't going to go away, so why aren't we imagining how our lives might change because of it?
It frustrates me. It seems a lot like no one wants to consider what our technology might be doing to us. What changes we're making to our bodies, our minds, the way our species may evolve. How we may think, what new problems we may encounter, where we're going as a species, all of these things are worth considering.
Sometimes I think there's a disconnect with it. Science fiction most often discusses where we're headed in the future. But most of us appear to have become so disillusioned by the future we're living in now, we don't want to consider where we're headed. We don't want to think about the potential horrors that may arise from what we're doing now. We don't want to consider what errors we may be making.
It's just frustrating. But anyway. Hah. This turned into quite the rant. So I think I'm going to end this...NOW!
Wait, I was wrong. One more thought. What if the reason we've never discovered a time traveler is because the universe instantly rewards anyone that discovers it? Think about it. If you could travel through time, you could go forward and find out winning lottery numbers, then go back and buy a winning ticket. After winning the lottery, would really want to tell anyone how you did it? Perhaps time travel is possible. Maybe it's just that the universe pays hush money to anyone that discovers it.