in Thesis Sarah Deragon/Every illustration.Was this newsletter forwarded to you? Sign up to get it in your inbox. --- When Eliot Peper isn’t busy writing science fiction or leading narrative projects for tech companies, he’s usually surfing. For the head of story at Portola, where he helped create AI alien creatures Tolans, it’s like writing: Just as an author can feel paralyzed by a narrative’s vast possibilities, surfers have to consider variations in wind, tides, swell, and depth. ...