by G.L. Breedon | Jan 7, 2014 | Fantasy, Film, Future, Science Fiction, Space
I was watching the mid-season finale of The Walking Dead this week and it got me to thinking about why I liked the show. I’ve never been very interested in zombie stories. They simply don’t appeal to me very much. I enjoyed The Night of the Living Dead...
by G.L. Breedon | Apr 18, 2013 | Art, Future, Ideas, Philosophy, Spirituality
I learned a few days ago that visionary architect Paolo Soleri passed away on April 10th at age 93. I’ve posted about Soleri before. I first encountered his ideas in 1979 while watching an episode of 60 minutes when I was ten years old. Shortly after that I came...
by G.L. Breedon | Jan 31, 2013 | Future, Ideas, Science
(Note: this post is assembled from parts of a book I once wrote about spirituality and globalization. I thought it might be interesting to share) “I see the Cybiont as a single planetary organism, and, more specifically, as the most advanced form of a planetary...
by G.L. Breedon | Nov 26, 2012 | Future, History, Ideas, Philosophy, Science
What Is Progress?: Or How to Tell a Hawk From a Handsaw – Part 2 (Continued from the previous post.) In order to talk about progress, development, growth, and sustainability, it is helpful to define the terms of the discussion. But before we can talk about...
by G.L. Breedon | Feb 8, 2012 | Art, Future, Future History, Retro-Nostalgia, Science Fiction
I came across this film in progress called Man Conquers Space on the Sci-Fi Movie Facebook page. It’s an amazing retro-future history documentary of a space program that never existed, but that every space geek dreamed of in the 40s, 50s, and 60s. Since I grew up...
by G.L. Breedon | Dec 27, 2011 | Future, Science Fiction, Space, Starhip Destiny
I came across two things that at first seemed unrelated to me that later came together in my mind while I was walking home last night. The first is a fun blog over at Electrical Engineering Times. Clive Maxfield has a blog where he often discusses sci-fi geek stuff,...
