Yes and no, of course. Web 3.0 and beyond is both fascinating and terrifying. Did you read Ready Player One or see the movie? If not, let me sum up one major aspect of the story. There is a virtual world called The Oasis where people immerse themselves via VR glasses, as well as partial…
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Am I Learning as Much from Reading Fiction as from Reading Nonfiction?
Yes. I’m learning things that make me rethink my approach to my own work. More than a year ago, I began a new habit. My morning routine changed from spending an hour or two online playing games on Facebook to reading. I get out of bed, feed the cats, start the coffee – then sit…
The World Needs Experts, Merit, and the Related Inequality from Them
Experts should not be disregarded because of the work they put in – quite the opposite, in fact. I do not consider myself an expert at anything. Nope, I am not an expert. Experienced? To be sure. Knowledgeable? Absolutely. A master? Maybe, but only because what mastery I have isn’t the end-all-be-all, and I am…
Learning from Fiction
Just because it’s fiction doesn’t mean we can’t learn from it. Despite primarily reading and writing sci-fi and fantasy, my all-time favorite work of fiction is Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist. If you are not familiar with this book, I cannot recommend it enough. It’s a great story, well-written, and has an impactful and positive life…
A Little Knowledge Goes a Long Way
Even in fiction, a little knowledge helps make connections. Have you ever read a book, watched a TV show or movie, and come across something so implausible that it ruined the story? Lots of fantasy and sci-fi are built on largely impossible things. Superheroes aren’t real, faster-than-light travel violates current physics, most people can’t do…
Escape Through Fiction
The world is a crazy place. We all need an escape through fiction from time to time. Many of my childhood memories are vague at best. But among those that are clear, there is this: Sitting in the theatre, the massive swell of music from an incredible theme and an unusual, scrolling text – and…
Book Smarts Versus Street Smarts
Book smarts and street smarts both have a place in our lives. I think I was in high school when I started playing Dungeons and Dragons. Given my deep love of sci-fi and fantasy, D&D fueled that. I mean, c’mon, who doesn’t want to roleplay a mighty warrior wielding a sword, a sneaky thief, or…
The Importance of Reading
It’s all too easy to overlook the importance of reading in your life. For many people, their job entails a lot of reading. However, there is NO pleasure taken in that reading. They are reading facts and figures for data input; customer comments and complaints; technical manuals; online materials; and other similar, largely uninteresting bits….
Learning is a Part of Doing
Learning is a part of doing and continued education is not just for certain licenses and such. I wrote my first work of fiction, a sci-fi story when I was nine years old. Wildfire was 50 pages and illustrated by me. The characters’ side profiles, FYI, lacked noses. At the age of 13, I typed…
Chasing the Bright Red Dot?
Do you ever feel like you are chasing the bright red dot? What does that mean? I have a couple of cats, and the elder of them, who has been with us the longest, is obsessed with the laser pointer. The bright red dot. She will wait in the doorway of my home office for…
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