How An Author’s Present Influences The Future in Their Sci-Fi

Sci-Fi or Science Fiction is a genre of speculative fiction, which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life. Wikipedia Indeed, sci-fi is by far my favorite fiction genre. The “imaginative and futurist” facet is what makes this ilk so immersive and engaging. Yet, when I read some of these books, there are

Don Quixote – A Satire That Leaves You Chewing the Cud

As I soldiered on this tedious, oft-digressing, oft-drivel disquisition of a self-professed “knight-errant,” I all but threw this tome away. I failed to comprehend the aim of the book. Very often I found myself bemused as to who, if there is one, is the protagonist. Is it the quixotic (I later learned this word is

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

Have you ever felt the need to eat food, need to work for money, need to talk to friends, need to be appreciated for the work you have done, need to eat, and so on the cycle continues. Recently, I came across a theory, which opines that the above needs and more are not a

Your Mind in A Younger Body?

Would you like it if your mind is taken out of your aging body and put into a young, healthy athlete? I was reading Sally, a short story written by Isaac Asimov. Sally is an “automatobile,” Asimov’s word for today’s self-driving cars. Sally is retired and lives with similar aged automatobiles in a “farm,” purpose-built

Force Fitting Gen AI

Generative AI has been abuzz ever since OpenAI came out with ChatGPT. The craze is some much that every company, big or small, wants to somehow use it in their products, just for the kicks. The FOMO is so evident that several examples of companies using Gen AI seem force fitted and discordant. Lately, I