by G.L. Breedon | Feb 5, 2015 | Ideas, Writing Update
Been too busy for blogging of late. The day job ate up too much time and I’d much prefer to spend the remaining time with my wife or editing The Pilgrim Star than writing a blog. The editing is going far slower than I’d hoped. With the holidays and the workload of the...
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 | Dec 12, 2012 | Fantasy, Film, Ideas, Science Fiction, Writing-Craft
image source: kryptonradio.com I’ve been thinking for a while about the redundancy factor in film and television, especially where sci-fi is concerned. Hollywood has always had an addiction to remakes (now called reboots to sound more modern I suppose). How...
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 | Nov 21, 2012 | Ideas, Philosophy, Science
My wife and I were watching a very interesting documentary the other night called Surviving Progress. It’s a fascinating film about the effects of rapidly changing technology and culture on our societies and minds. One of the more frightening things the film...
