When progress is taken from a distance, great leaps are made in moments. Humanity is getting closer to being tourists amongst the stars. Here I explore a few reasons for why it’s inevitable and a timeline for how/when it will happen. Tourism​ ​is​ ​ubiquitous​ ​amongst​ ​human​ ​societies. Societies that look outward are the ones that […]

NASA’s Arts + Mars program is getting people excited for exploration again. It was 1944. A war weary public was searching for an escape from the drudgery of the domestic war effort. A little known architect Chesley Bonestell did some space art renderings for Life magazine. The public was astounded. Chesley Bonestell’s Saturn as seen […]

How intelligence could change our scripted end I. Setting the Stage I’m no expert on AI or anything. I won’t be the one to construct the model for Biologic Intelligence that revolutionizes humanity’s ability to process information. What I am is a curious individual. I like thought experiments and I like understanding big concepts. One […]

Racked by hurricanes, tidally locked with no night or day. Could life really be found there? The TRAPPIST-1 series of exoplanets is one of the recent “habitable” range of planets that have gotten exoplanet hunters and SETI enthusiasts very excited. And for good reason. They all orbit white dwarf stars. Stars that have the same […]