Dear Reader Think about it… Humanity’s first contact with an alien intelligence would indeed be a major disruptor of worldwide proportions. Have we already made FIRST CONTACT with that alien intelligence? Major disruptor of worldwide proportions? Sure! Of where does it come and how would we know? Human intelligence deeply intertwined with our material bodies, with the physical world and our sensory experiences...could be called embodied cognition, driven by biological imperatives, emotions,...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Dear Reader Time to kick back and let your mind go… Back to ancient Greece! Theatre at Delphi with ruins of Apollo Temple behind The words came up from the magnificent figure on the stage below…came and went… “Fury, a high queen of strength even among immortal gods…and the undergods, and for humankind…life dimmed in tears, theirs the disposition.” Susan, carried away by it, ‘Yes, and my disposition, my destiny too.' Her thoughts gone away, the words of Athene come and go as the tragedy plays...
2 months ago • 3 min read
Dear Reader Time to kick back and let your mind go… You're on Mars now... Ottumwa Crater, from central peak - Derived from Google Mars "It was stupendous in scale and distance. Arkan had said he wanted to put me in a crater because it was round. He said I would get power from it...the rim might be several thousand feet higher than where I was standing, and miles away. The floor of the crater looked to be two thousand, maybe three thousand feet below me. The land and the sky merged,...
3 months ago • 3 min read
Dear Reader Another month along the arrow of time and now time to kick back and let your mind go… Maybe wondering how Western Civilization came to be? Hi, Kendall Williams here, creator of The THING Trilogy and ThingWorld, a forum for sharing the human journey. Thank you for sticking with me. Last Newsletter, the following question sparked some interesting back and forth: “What will happen to our world, our sense of reality as virtual and augmented realities become more advanced?” L.C....
4 months ago • 4 min read
Welcome and all the best to you in the New Year. You made it through the Holidays and maybe now it’s time to kick back and let your mind go places your busy schedule may not have allowed… Maybe wondering about this thing we call our world. I am author, Kendall Williams, creator of The THING Trilogy and ThingWorld, a forum for sharing our human journey. Thank you for being here and sticking with me. More about myself in a little bit, but to get our thoughts working, let’s ask a question… “What...
5 months ago • 3 min read