Another answer given to the Fermi paradox was that perhaps it was the nature of all life to destroy itself in the end. When we went into space, we found worlds ready to be inhabited, far more than we ever[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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I served on the Indian light cruiser Wind of Autumn for three months during The War. American Indian, not Indian Indian. She was beautiful, one of the last ships finished by Yosemite Yards before the Shang blew it all over[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Pacifica is a world dominated by a single huge ocean. I explore under water, usually with other scientists, sometimes alone. It’s nice not having to be worried about drowning. Sometimes I just visit the Arnam who live there now. Often[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Robin Hanson answered the Fermi paradox by suggesting that there was a “Great Filter” that kept intelligent life from existing. He suggested a list of nine possibilities; from life-bearing worlds being rarer than we think, to advanced races inevitably suffering[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In the tenth year of The War I served on the USS Independence, a newly built and fresh-crewed American Fleet Carrier. It was good to be home again, but seeing all those smartly dressed and drilled academy graduates thinking they[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
On New Melbourne, the shard of myself that I left behind is a teacher at A New Hope Secondary School. Yes, we all wear uniforms. And no, they are not inspired by those movies. I teach Advanced Religions of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In 1950, Enrico Fermi asked a question. It became known as the Fermi paradox. He said that the size of the universe suggests that there should be many extraterrestrial civilizations. So why had we never met them? For over two[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Ethiopian cruiser Kesaté Birhan was one of many ships I flew off during The War that I really enjoyed. Meaning the Revealer of Light, the Birhan was amazing. I always thought the Africans were so different from us. But[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
On most worlds I go to, I leave behind an instance of myself, a shard. I perform odd jobs doing anything that keeps me in contact with people and gives me new experiences. The first time I did this was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
According to the Evolutionists, mankind is hundreds of thousands of years old, and we spent that time huddled in caves or wandering the open plains and throwing crap at each other for amusement. Like a millennia-long bachelor party. But man[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…