There was an episode of The Outer Limits a decade or so back before the show turned to crap. In this one, the people of a future world read all of their books by uploading them directly into their brains. It wasn't reading, exactly. Once the book was loaded into the mind, it was instantly absorbed by the memory. A second after the upload, the reader retained every bit of it … [Read more...]
Bad Publicity
I've thought about it, you bet I have. Hang gliding naked into the Super Bowl, faking my own death, hacking off a body part and sending it to Oprah. Back in the day, they called them publicity stunts. Today, it's just another form of marketing. Pretend to send your kid up in a hot air balloon one day, score a six figure book deal the next. Go on a fertility … [Read more...]