Lo scoprii in vinile alle medie, più di quindici anni fa. Continuo ad ascoltarlo ancora oggi con lo stesso entusiasmo. Lo ritengo il miglior album dei Pink Floyd nel suo complesso e non ho ancora cambiato idea al riguardo. Lo riascoltavo giusto un'ora fa: che meraviglia.

Vi immaginate un futuro in cui ci saranno comunità che, più che darsi al luddismo, opteranno per scelte radicali anti IA, come per esempio non leggere più libri scritti prima del 2023?

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Ci trovate anche una mia poesia, date un'occhiata alla rivista e alla bella realtà californiana di Zoetic Press! 👇🏻

«I am Iron Man.»

It's Monday, but it's raining. All is not lost.

I've been listening to excerpts from Black Sabbath's final concert for days. My mind wanders back to it throughout the day. Today I saw the entire final performance, with the full band, and there were moments that gave me goosebumps and moments that were inevitably moving. -
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What lies behind the idealization of any historical period: reality.

I have the feeling that most people live either believing that life has no meaning or more or less consciously avoiding the question altogether. Now, I don’t know why this makes me uncomfortable, since it shouldn’t really concern me. -

My rule of thumb with new book releases is: let the hype for something build and explode; observe, letting months (or years) pass; then if you're really convinced and what you read around is encouraging, read it.

Rather than saying ‘this idea has already been written,’ I prefer to wonder: how long has it remained unsaid? And what significance might it hold in being told now?

Terminal societies are evolutionarily closed civic models, designed to guarantee order and stability at the cost of internal diversity — where control is not imposed but internalized, and the true threat is the impossibility of deviation.

#futurism #speculativefiction
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