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  • Making Up a Mind: Inside Out 2 & Dimension 20

    established Anger, Disgust, Fear, Joy and Sadness in the control ce nter ‘ Headquarters ’ of R iley’s mind New memories and experiences take physical form within Riley’s mind as coloured glass spheres (the colour and crucially, Joy has been hurling negative experiences into the far and unknown reaches of Riley’s mind 's Mentopolis is a live-play role-playing game set within the film-noir world of a single person's mind Attention and Curiosity are characters in the game, and where they go Elias' mind goes too.

  • Tragedy: The Binding of Isaac Retold in Hyperion

    How bad would it have to be for you to find hope in the idea of finally following the command? I'll offer a brief warning that this isn't a happy story, but I find it to be a fascinating exploration Sol takes little heed, being a religious scholar whose mind could conceivably conjure this nightmare relationship with her boyfriend even past the point she has lost all memory of him, but eventually finds

  • Why 'Wind and Truth'? The Stormlight Archive Titles Explained

    Among many things they argue for mindfulness and focusing on the present; persevering though the future normally only done by women and scholars), which in turn helps him to nurture a more curious, questioning mind Wind and Truth As I discussed in my post about the preview chapters, the Wind is a surprising newcomer Even beyond her, the wind has many important implications in this book. wordy a title for the actual Stormlight  novel, so was shortened to Wind and Truth .

  • The Fatal Flaw of Predicting (Wind and Truth)

    Since early September I've been gleefully anticipating the weekly release of preview chapters for Wind In that piece, I noted that Wind and Truth would be the biggest release I'd personally seen, and was Cover art for Brandon Sanderson's Wind and Truth , by Michael Whelan Now, almost twenty years later, Spoilers for the preview chapters of Wind and Truth ahead. Kaladin and Szeth in Wind and Truth , by Randy Vargas Where do we go from here?

  • Space Exploration & The Shape of Human Consciousness

    this time, or perhaps through her numerous awakenings dealing with the Gilgamesh , a copy of Kern's mind dialogue with her Portiid (uplifted portia labiata ) creations, they are eventually able to transfer her mind The machine recorded the lives and minds of colonists who died thousands of years before, and is constantly Nod parasite's early attempts to simulate Erma Lante, it also seemed like each simulation brought the mind If you want more speculation about minds, check out my examination of fractured identity in Ancillary

  • Children of Strife: Review & Analysis

    An essential facet of this series is the sheer wonder it evokes in my mind about what human, posthuman exploring the depths of the Imir Machine , an alien device capable of simulating complex worlds for minds , but I think we just have to go with Tchaikovsky on this idea of them uploading programs and later minds So, they learn they can put their minds into the biosphere-program and consciously steer the tide of confronting his nature, Mira and Kern choosing new identities, Portifabian learning to exist as a single mind

  • Escaping the Unconscious Collective

    Taking back control through mindful individuality Revisiting & Relearning While re-reading Josiah Bancroft systems I’d explored in one of my previous posts and helping me to see connections with other topics on mindfulness Empire I previously brought up a similar idea with regard to Seth Dickinson's Masquerade novels; the minds ourselves in – but rather to be mindful and socially responsible. But by being a little more mindful and present, recognizing our responsibility for our actions, practicing

  • What is Queerness in Media?

    case, this piece is also me thinking ‘out loud’ about a topic that has lodged itself in the back of my mind A final note on representation: I find it frustrating how often queer characters (and real queer people establish queerness without devolving into voyeurism. ( Pluribus and Severance immediately come to mind Cormorant identifies a sociobiological explanation for her lesbian nature, which also always comes to mind

  • Becoming Transhuman Part Three: Of Masks and Wolves

    Unfortunately, in this case having multiple people vying for control of a mind fighting brain cancer mind. There are books that explore the idea of multiple human minds coming together to form a greater whole The group mind is a fascinating form of transhuman consciousness to consider. into software and ants, stored in cancer cells, shared through ideology or emergent group minds.

  • Who Are You, Really? Fractured Identity & 'Ancillary Justice'

    Hernandez Justice of Toren // One Esk // Breq Ancillary Justice 's protagonist begins life as the AI mind However, it isn't quite as simple as the unified ship's mind simultaneous controlling hundreds or thousands few seconds of delay for signals to travel between ship and planet would be disruptive to a cohesive mind Never mind external stimuli, which can bring back our past in an instant (I'm reminded of this bit of But as always, it's important to be mindful about that narrative; what story we're living and showing

  • Ghost’s Missilia Amori, Umbra: Love & Manipulation

    double entendre – "Love rockets // Shot right in between your eyes" – though it's also the chorus, so I find into subservience, which brought the brilliant sketch below (and, you know, all of modern history) to mind In my mind, "I see your light shine through" has to mean an honest inner beauty coming to the forefront Yet the singer certainly isn't God, finding beauty in the sacrilegious act on display here. It's about the grimmest reminder to practice mindfulness you'll get, but I don't think it's any less

  • Catching Up: R.F. Kuang, Oscars, Other Books

    Decluttering my mind with a brief glance up from the page Taipei Story  by R.F. Kuang  My mind’s been a bit messier than normal lately (perhaps something to do with my amnesia last I've said it before , but Adrian Tchaikovsky's work continues to take up more and more space in my mind It's a striking look at how important it is to find a sense of belonging, of family. But it's truly great, and I can't recommend it highly enough – find it at your local library!

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