Intellectually, no, I don’t believe everything happens for a reason. But emotionally, I feel that some things do happen for a reason. How do I reconcile that with my belief in free will? It’s a struggle. Read on…
I could cite Simon & Garfunkle, Johnny Clegg or a bunch of Beatles song lyrics, but I’m going to go with the Boss and two lines from Jungleland.
The WordPress/JetPack writing prompt for today is:
Do you think we’re shaped more by our experiences or by who we are? And my answer, without taking an easy out, is both.
I’ve been thinking Sam Neill thoughts since learning of his passing. This has led me back to “Until The End of The World” (1991). The film is a good example of a William Gibson’s quote that I like, “The future is already here, it’s just not distributed evenly.”
You don’t really know uncomfortable public embarrassment until Japanese business people have apologised to you. Seriously, it’s off-putting.
A friend asked me what was the weirdest thing I’d ever written. The question sent me down a memory hole.
(Please note that although I write mostly science fiction, this post is about real world politics. Feel free to leave now).
I hope twitter never adds an edit button. The ramifications of it would probably kill Twitter.
Then there was the time we created a news network, a revolution, and a plot to kidnap a person. All because of peacocks.
