Category: Our World
Post Mortem – ‘GHOST IN THE SHELL’
White-washing and ‘Ghost in the Shell’ An Essay, April 27, 2018 The opening sequence of the 2017 version of Ghost in the Shell (wr. Jamie Moss, William Wheeler and Ehren Kruger/dir. Rupert Sanders) is a beautiful series of shots depicting the creation of the android called The Major (played by Scarlett Johansson). Visually stunning, it […] Read More
Losing Our Way
Robert Pirsig and The Corrosive Effect of Dualism “Making… an art out of your technological life is the way to solve the problem of technology.” — Robert M. Pirsig, (Interview, NPR, 1974) *** Robert Pirsig died today. For those who do not know who Robert Pirsig was, it might be difficult to describe how […] Read More
The Divided America Psyche
“Good people don’t go into government.” — Donald J. Trump *** Well, it seems our bipolar neighbours to the south are off their meds again. After enduring the trauma of the violent demise of Europe’s Golden Age at the end of World War 2, the world at the middle of the 20th Century looked […] Read More
Commercial And Broadway
In 2007, Kirsten Mellin and I decided make a short documentary about the amazing Vancouver neighbourhood where we lived at the time. The result was a half hour snapshot of some of the interesting characters that live around one of the busiest traffic intersections in North America. Please enjoy: 1,119 total views Read More
Annie’s Gravity Theory
Observations of Micro-scale Effects on Macro-scale Gravity Written by John Burke Abstract The experimenter proposes that gravity is not a continuous smooth effect, but something applied in a series of discreet steps. Evidence based on experimental physical simulations suggest gravity is indeed subject to the rules of the subatomic world. Digital, not analogue. In other […] Read More- 2 of 2
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