Deepest Turtle

  • Area 51 – 2018

    Area 51 Quick trip to Area 51 with a stopover in Las Vegas along the way. Area 51 has been on my bucket list for a while. Not because I believe the conspiracy theories that surround it, but because places that inspire such conspiracy theories are always very interesting to… Read ⇢

  • “Wild Wild Country” (A Netflix Series)

    “Wild Wild Country” (A Netflix Series) Just finished watching the Netflix series Wild Wild Country – which is based on Rajneesh (Osho). In particular, based on the truly unbelievable but somehow forgotten story of his failed experiment in Oregon where he and his followers tried to establish a city based on… Read ⇢

    “Wild Wild Country” (A Netflix Series)

  • Lesterland

    Lesterland   “Vote!”, they said. So we did. Then they changed their minds. “Educate yourselves, then vote!”, they said. So we did. They again changed their minds. “Educate yourselves, volunteer, then vote!”, they said. So we did. They still changed their minds. “Educate yourselves, volunteer, donate, then vote!”, they said.… Read ⇢

  • #deletefacebook?

    #deletefacebook? Should we #deletefacebook? By now, I’m sure everyone has heard the phrase: “If you’re not paying for it, you’re the product”. This basically refers to the fact that every company out there with the ability to do so, is tracking your behavior, compiling data and building models, and then… Read ⇢

    #deletefacebook?

  • 1984 Trilogy?

    1984 Trilogy? George Orwell left two big holes in his book “1984”. 1. The book doesn’t give us any clues about how the world got into the horrible state depicted in it. 2. The book ends without giving us any clues about how to get out of that horrible state.… Read ⇢

    1984 Trilogy?

  • SpaceX Files

    SpaceX Files Not long ago, the most awesome part of any sort of rocket-related news used to be the launch. The countdown, the blast off, the huge cloud of gas, the loud boom, and so on. SpaceX changed all that. In their case, the most awesome part is their picture-perfect… Read ⇢

    SpaceX Files

  • Troller Trash (#trollertrash)

    Troller Trash So you wake up in the morning and your BP is too low. Like in the 140/85 range, which, don’t let doctors fool you, is low for today’s (socially) active middle-aged person. Hypertension is absolutely a prerequisite for participating fully in today’s hyperconnected world. Only vegetables and old… Read ⇢

    Troller Trash (#trollertrash)

  • The Carrier Bag Theory

    The Carrier Bag Theory I have believed for a long time now that history, as it is taught to us or talked about in general, gives us a very narrow and misleading perspective of what really happened. We mostly hear about kings and queens and leaders and conquerors and so… Read ⇢

  • The Social Power Generation Challenge

    The Social Power Generation Challenge The main problem with a nuclear weapon isn’t that an atom gets split and energy gets released. It is that, in the process, highly energetic particles get released that then go ahead and split other atoms in the neighborhood. This creates an explosive chain reaction… Read ⇢

    The Social Power Generation Challenge