Nina Goodheart

But alongside the hopeful fantasy of moral simplification and international unity embodied in the science fiction films, lurk the deepest anxieties about contemporary existence. I don't mean only the very real trauma of the Bomb—that it has been used, that there are enough now to kill everyone on earth many times over, that those new bombs may very... See more

Rodríguez talked a lot about survival math — being mindful not to expend more energy than you would consume.

Finally, here are 5 lessons I learned from directing in 2024 (if you have time, please send me the lessons you learned this year from your own practice):

5. If you are scared of something, have great collaborators and they will pull you towards it.**

4. You can never know what is going on with someone else and since it is usually more than you can... See more

In 2002, the U.S. Postal Service discontinued Centralia's ZIP code, 17927.[7][24]

Surviving is almost entirely a mental game. Being calm, rational and able to regulate your emotions is an extremely important soft skill. Surviving is high-stress, and recognizing when the body is in psychological distress is essential.

For instance, in their article on the ethical framework for the DAI, Öhman and Floridi (2017, 2018) suggest several measures for protecting the dignity for those who are ‘re-mediated’ through deadbots – focusing on the perspective of data donors. In a more recent paper, Lindemann (2022), who analyzes the technology’s influence on the grieving... See more

But I think I would like to revise this response. I was asked in one interview if I was worried about being forgotten. I don’t remember the answer I actually gave, but the answer I wish I’d given is that my greater fear is having my memory misappropriated—being gone and having what I’ve said or done be reanimated, reduced to some bite-size... See more