Posted by RadiVis
On February - 17 - 2012
How might the far future look like? That’s a question that’s intriguing me quite a lot. Science fiction movies and TV series might present some interesting ideas and concepts, but there’s certainly more to the future than such media can show. Some science fiction novels do present some plausible and fascinating scenarios. I’m most interested in visions that involve artificial general intelligence (strong AI) or vastly augmented human minds. Some of the most thought-provoking novels are: Accelerando by Charles Stross [ Read More ]
Posted by RadiVis
On January - 9 - 2011
The next story I’m working on plays in the world I call Our Ascent (I own the domain ourascent.com, which also links to this blog). It’s the world I’ve designed to the greatest detail of all my science fiction scenarios. Essentially, Storytellers’ Chronicles is supposed to become a series of short stories that depict the rather everyday life in a quite utopic supercivilization. Storytellers’ Chronicles Some years after the Foundation the solar system Origis is completely colonized by the supercivilization [ Read More ]