Dear Smart People
This is a letter from one of your dull cousins. No, it’s not to complain or ask you to do my homework, and certainly not to insult you. How could I possibly win at that?
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Anthropic
Trojan’s Cusp
When Enterprise is Predator Insane forces erode jungles, stifle atmosphere, sterilize oceans, and greedily combat the species-potpourris nurturing them. Worming through neo-classical economics, seducing state and nation to plunder in consumptive frenzy the entire estate
Read moreSETI to Search for Intelligent Life on Earth
Fifty years of scant results steer researchers to greener pastures. Dr. Larc Nagas, Special Director of SETI’s Forward-planning Committee, today proposed a radical agenda to modify the search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence. He proposed Earth be
Read moreMessiah’s Lament
No salvation No redemption Judgment, rapture, nor ascension Should Messiah walk the Earth, the stupor that owns this moment would pay no heed. And the beast that enslaves these times would lash the Redeemer to
Read moreLetter from a Blue Planet
Paradise in void – Vibrant life exuberant On the razor’s edge. Powerful magnificence, portentous allure, this telluric jewel ranks wondrous, enduring, endearing. Starry blackness eclipsed by resplendent blue-green orb. Arrant hostility, brazen lethality, veiled in
Read moreTo Look for America
Have you found America? Lives flow zero-sum to futility pursuing mind ephemera in flickering dim persistence. Media detritus weaves culture to mind-montage, echoing tinnient our frayed and cherished memories. Collaged in colloidal silvered cellulose, ink-smeared
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