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“A very little key will open a very heavy door” (Charles Dickens, Hunted Down)
How screenwriters create rule structures for action, sci-fi, and fantasy worlds
How do screenwriters create rule structures for action, sci-fi, and fantasy worlds? Heard at a session with Marc Bernardin, Naren Shankar, and Emily Carmichael about building worlds at the ScreenCraft Writers Summit 2021: Magic can seem like arbitrary solutions...
How screenwriters write alternative histories
Heard at a session with Marc Bernardin, Naren Shankar, and Emily Carmichael about building worlds at the ScreenCraft Writers Summit 2021: Ask what if and pull on the threads to let the story come out.
The Rapture Keeps Coming Back
Via Christianity Today: The Rapture Keeps Coming Back | Christianity TodayKey sentences: "...the original resonance of the dispensational Rapture among Christians had more to do with the anxious effects of modernity than with its theological merit. "Signs of the...
‘The Glass Cage: Automation and Us’ by Nicholas Carr
Via The Boston Globe: Book review: ‘The Glass Cage: Automation and Us’ by Nicholas Carr - Books - The Boston Globe.Key sentence: "...all of us will see our skills eroded, our intelligence debased, and our work devalued, if we sacrifice human responsibility...
‘The Glass Cage: Automation and Us’ by Nicholas Carr
Via The Boston Globe: Book review: ‘The Glass Cage: Automation and Us’ by Nicholas Carr - Books - The Boston Globe.Key sentence: "...all of us will see our skills eroded, our intelligence debased, and our work devalued, if we sacrifice human responsibility...
This Interactive Chart Is The Best Way To Find The Perfect Laptop For You
Via Business Insider: Thanks to Marek Gibney, a programmer and web designer based in Hamburg, Germany, now you can browse laptops by price, screen size, weight, brand, and several other metrics you might be considering in your ideal computer. Gibney calls it “The...
This Interactive Chart Is The Best Way To Find The Perfect Laptop For You
Via Business Insider: Thanks to Marek Gibney, a programmer and web designer based in Hamburg, Germany, now you can browse laptops by price, screen size, weight, brand, and several other metrics you might be considering in your ideal computer. Gibney calls it “The...
Missionary doctors treating Ebola in Africa: Why people are suspicious of missionaries.
Via Slate: …missionaries are incapable of separating their religious work from their medical work. Missionary doctors treating Ebola in Africa: Why people are suspicious of missionaries. Something Christians might take issue with.