Beyond the obvious and unnecssary individualism… if you’re the cup— who or what is the cupbearer? Who is the sovereign entity actually benefitting from your filling up and pouring out if YOU’RE the tool? I’m not a tool for someone else; I am a sovereign entity in my own accord. I have ecosystems that support my flourishing. Very necessary to that... See more

Most sci-fi entertains. These ones think. They don’t use time travel as a plot device. They treat time, causality, and reality like physics problems. Parallel worlds. Closed time loops. Observer-dependent... See more