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The fear agenda
The machine needs you broken and compliant. But...
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They want to govern you like children in preschool
You don't live in a free democracy when you're treated like an incapable 5 year old
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You ain't free unless you care
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Freedom to create
You can't be free if you aren't free to express yourself...
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Liberal democracy free to a good home
Humanism isn't a total wash but it's less reliable than a Ford Pinto
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This postmodern relativist defends your rights and freedoms better than you do
The missing ingredient to liberty isn't electing better politicians
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The machines stole your freedom
When theory meets practice it's always a catastrophe
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Writing stories in the age of reddit
Nobody ever did anything great by chasing the herd
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Science fiction when you're skeptical of The Science
Not quite the contradiction you might think.
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The man who destroyed the heroes (and why he's repenting)
Why Alan Moore believes The Killing Joke turned heroes into angsty anti-heroes
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Hard-headed materialist Sam Harris endorses soft-brained California voodoo
Why is it that hardline Science Believers fall for the most shameless mysticism?
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Why should SF writers care what philosophers think when you've got The Science?
There's a total breakdown between the experts and the artists... and you get to pay for it with sub-par stories
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Is Disney's Star Wars Hotel a ripoff or a marketing masterclass for writers?
Shameless pandering it might be... but the keen-eyed will get a free education in selling to a hungry niche
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Do you "trust scientists"?
You're supposed to trust "The Science"... but what is that and what makes it an authority?
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Why worldbuilders need to grow up
Sub-created worlds are vital to speculative stories, but nerds ruin storytelling with obsessive worldbuilding
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Wear a mask to help stop The Thing
What John Carpenter's cult classic shows about the futility of giving into fear and paranoia