“We find ourselves in a time where optimism for the future is out-shadowed by longing for the past. Futurism used to involve dreams of jetpacks, flying cars, invincibility, and endless technological and societal possibilities.” Continue reading
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Invisible, man.
“A CROWD OF SCEPTICAL GRUMPS EYEBALL THE SUBJECT waiting for the facade to fracture. After participating in a number of experimental tasks, the subject should now be under the impression they are invisible.” Continue reading
So It’s Come To This: A Homer Simpson Profile (Part 2)
“As Homer Jay Simpson sits on the hood of his car, watching the stars swipe across the night sky, deserted by his mother once more –pensive, despondent, and discarded – you begin to wonder if there’s more to this beer-swelling, boneheaded buffoon than first suspected.” Continue reading
So It’s Come to This: A Homer Simpson Profile (Part 1)
“For those not schooled on Homer Simpson, he has difficulty thinking, planning, organising, problem solving, and has a lot of trouble controlling his emotions and behaviour.” Continue reading
Monitoring your moods with an app and a hat
Currently in development is a device with the aim of monitoring your moods. All you have to do is put it on your head and press some buttons on an app. This wearable device, named ‘Thync’ boasts it will“shift your state of mind” and help you “conquer life”. Thync device in use. Image located from … Continue reading
Surrealistic art can be reassuring when contemplating your mortality
“[Surrealistic] art offers access to reassurance on a different level of understanding.” Continue reading
Tickle me schizophrenic
“…[Our] brains may reduce the sensation of our own actions in order to increase the sensation of alien force” Continue reading
