May 17
An interesting little piece called: Do thoughts have a language of their own? The language of thought hypothesis. It seems to me inner speech is clearly a private language, at least in some of its utterances. This language is so rooted in the unique self that an eavesdropper, could there be one, would not fully …
Apr 21
For Earth Day, the Toronto Star asked 15 science fiction writers, including me, how we’d tackle climate change. To save some space, my answer was edited down. Here’s my full reply: The environment is something I watch on TV. Narrated by Sir David Attenborough, it’s a pristine world free of human interference. But it’s also …
Apr 13
I’ll be at Ad Astra this weekend. It’s a science fiction convention. Ad Astra’s 31st Con will be held on April 13, 14 & 15, 2012 Ad Astra is a literary fan-run convention, promoting local talent within the genres of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror and Paranormal, for all media of the written word. Our weekend …
Apr 09
Popular stand-up philosopher, Slavoj Žižek has an interesting little essay on Corporate Rule of Cyberspace. My favourite part: There are two tell-tale words here: abstraction and control. In order to manage a cloud, there needs to be a monitoring system which controls its functioning, a system which is by definition hidden from the end-user. The paradox is thus …
Mar 30
This is an interview that occurred in late January and will be hitting 12 television stations and 80 radio markets in about a week via TVCOGECO. It’s for Brent Holland’s Night Fright Show. Ryan Oakley – Technicolor Ultra-Mall via Skype from Toronto Canada. What if in the future Toronto had been turned into a huge indoor mall? …
Mar 15
If you’re interested in my sleep patterns and I have no idea why you would be, I was recently interviewed by Denise Balkissoon for an article in the Globe and Mail: Is Bi-Modal Sleep as Good as Eight Straight Hours? I don’t know. Guess you’ll have to read it to find out. Bi, straight, bedtime, eight …
Feb 14
Happy Valentine’s Day! Enjoy ignoring ‘the harmony of overwhelming and collective murder.’
Dec 31
2011. You might have heard. I was published. Yeah, congrats, I know. Since then, it seems like every conversation I’ve had is about the book. People tell me that they plan on buying it, have bought it, inform me of where they are in it, tell me their thoughts about it, sometimes ask questions and …
Dec 22
I’ve put some hours in and made an illustrated, tumblr version of Guy Debord’s 1967 book The Society of the Spectacle. You can find the first post here. When you finish reading it, simply hit NEWER and it’ll bring you to the next paragraph. Some of you are probably familiar with the book. Others of …
Nov 02
I’m gonna file this one under – when it’s not evil to blog straight off a press release . . . November 1, 2011 (Toronto) – Robots of all shapes, sizes and skills will take over the Ontario Science Centre November 12 and 13 for the annual Robots Rule extravaganza. Some 20 of Canada’s top …
