Tony Gilroy on Andor Just going to leave this here. I’ve worked places like this, I’ve worked like this, I’ve worked with people like this. It’s not for everyone. I seem to need it.| Petafloptimism
Green Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson “Look at the pattern this seashell makes. The dappled whorl, curving inward to infinity. That’s the shape of the universe itself. There’s a constant pressure, pushing toward pattern. A tendency in matter to evolve into ever more complex forms. It’s a kind of pattern gravity, a holy greening power we […]| Petafloptimism
John De La Parra, a food scientist from the Rockerfeller Foundation spoke on the first day of The Conference, after a pretty esoteric (to me) presentation that asked us to participate in a guided meditation, listen to plants and submit our dreams to an experimental app. It was pretty far from my comfort zone. He […]| Petafloptimism