In everyday English, sublime might mean ‘really wonderful’ butin literature it refers to work which provokes terror and painin the audience. Terror and pain are the two emotions considered most powerful. Unlike the terror and pain of the real world, however,when experienced via story the au...
When you think of things in these terms, the future of the metaverse takes on a more dystopian tone. Even a quick Google search reveals a number of publications guessing at the many downfalls that the metaverse will bring. Let’s not pretend therewon’tbe a bad side to the expanded concep...
So the reader might not know that this language of thought is usually referred to as “Mentalese“, and that very technical, but animated discussions about whether or not Mentalese exists, and if it does, how it works, have been going on for the last 40+ years among philosophers, cogniti...
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it does exactly what it needs to do. It brings the conflict to a head and forces the character to make a crucial decision. At first, we saw Offred living in an oppressive, yet normalized certainty. By the end, she chooses agency over passivity, and uncertainty over certainty, no matter ...
ANNE: You know, we talk a lot about what we've been reading lately, but I don't know that we've had the global conversation that goes, what does summer reading mean to you? Especially in 2021, I feel like these past few years have each been very distinct and have had their own ...
What do we mean by the word “information” and how do we tell if design is used rightly or not? Merriam-Webster defines “information” as “the communication or reception of knowledge or intelligence.”∗ Transmittal of information needs to be based in knowledge, or in other words, ...
To define Marxism in simple terms, it'sa political and economic theory where a society has no classes. Every person within the society works for a common good, and class struggle is theoretically gone. ... Actually, many horror movies and dystopian books are written based on trying to create...
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for example, wrote in a blog post, "A lot of people these days seem very interested in bringing this near-future vision of a virtual world to life, including some of the biggest names in technology and gaming. But these novels served as warnings about a dystopian future of technology gone...