Carmen Clarke
@wayofdeeptime.com
Science fiction writer by night, epidemiologist by day. wayofdeeptime.com
**Study the anthropology of dystopia if you wish to escape it.**
Eusebio's Tale, Volume One of The Way of Deep Time, available now.
**Study the anthropology of dystopia if you wish to escape it.**
Eusebio's Tale, Volume One of The Way of Deep Time, available now.
Tell me a work of speculative fiction you've read recently that made you fall back in love with the genre. But it needs to:
1. Grapple with big ideas.
2. Not involve time travel. (I'm not feeling that one right now).
1. Grapple with big ideas.
2. Not involve time travel. (I'm not feeling that one right now).
November 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Tell me a work of speculative fiction you've read recently that made you fall back in love with the genre. But it needs to:
1. Grapple with big ideas.
2. Not involve time travel. (I'm not feeling that one right now).
1. Grapple with big ideas.
2. Not involve time travel. (I'm not feeling that one right now).
A good paragraph does a lot of things simultaneously. A great paragraph does lots of things simultaneously while the reader focuses on only one thing.
October 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A good paragraph does a lot of things simultaneously. A great paragraph does lots of things simultaneously while the reader focuses on only one thing.
I have a question for neuroscientists and education specialists: Does anyone know what percentage of people can actually lose themselves in a book? What if, like dyslexia, there are a lot of people who can't do this? Maybe we should stop treating it like a moral failing.
August 31, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I have a question for neuroscientists and education specialists: Does anyone know what percentage of people can actually lose themselves in a book? What if, like dyslexia, there are a lot of people who can't do this? Maybe we should stop treating it like a moral failing.
As someone who grew up in the 80's, I have been confused about why younger people are nostalgic for them. The 80's were boring. Crushingly boring. Now I realize that the 80's were the last time society and technology were changing slowly enough for most people to keep up. And that's what we miss.
August 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
As someone who grew up in the 80's, I have been confused about why younger people are nostalgic for them. The 80's were boring. Crushingly boring. Now I realize that the 80's were the last time society and technology were changing slowly enough for most people to keep up. And that's what we miss.
Dictatorships whose rulers rape girls on an industrial scale. Based on a true story, written by a master. Timely. Read it in Spanish if you can.
July 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Dictatorships whose rulers rape girls on an industrial scale. Based on a true story, written by a master. Timely. Read it in Spanish if you can.
I'm training myself to stop using moral panic ("I'm outraged, heartbroken, terrified") more sparingly as a form of protest. More than just feeding the trolls, it saps our energy and signals to others that this is what "good" people are doing to resist.
July 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I'm training myself to stop using moral panic ("I'm outraged, heartbroken, terrified") more sparingly as a form of protest. More than just feeding the trolls, it saps our energy and signals to others that this is what "good" people are doing to resist.
So many posts about getting words in like it's physical exercise. That's not how my creative process works. When I'm on fire, I write 20,000 words a day. When I'm not, there's no point in sqeezing junk out of myself. How do you nurture your creativity? #writing
June 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
So many posts about getting words in like it's physical exercise. That's not how my creative process works. When I'm on fire, I write 20,000 words a day. When I'm not, there's no point in sqeezing junk out of myself. How do you nurture your creativity? #writing
I got KU to try to understand how the recommendation algo works. Despite having close to 1000 rated books on GR, it gives me terrible recs. AI ought to be perfect for this, right? So why can't it connect me with great authors, esp indie?
June 7, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I got KU to try to understand how the recommendation algo works. Despite having close to 1000 rated books on GR, it gives me terrible recs. AI ought to be perfect for this, right? So why can't it connect me with great authors, esp indie?
I got KU to try to understand how the recommendation algo works. Despite having close to 1000 rated books on GR, it gives me terrible recs. AI ought to be perfect for this, right? So why can't it connect me with great authors, esp indie?
June 7, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I got KU to try to understand how the recommendation algo works. Despite having close to 1000 rated books on GR, it gives me terrible recs. AI ought to be perfect for this, right? So why can't it connect me with great authors, esp indie?
Today I was standing in my yard and a big garbage truck stopped. The driver got out of the cab and walked over to me. He said, "Your garden looks really amazing!" I think this is the nicest thing that has happened to me in like, ever? Hooray for sanitary waste collectors!
June 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Today I was standing in my yard and a big garbage truck stopped. The driver got out of the cab and walked over to me. He said, "Your garden looks really amazing!" I think this is the nicest thing that has happened to me in like, ever? Hooray for sanitary waste collectors!
Today’s technology is tomorrow’s handicrafts. People in a rush to get the next new thing lose the secrets of old technology.
April 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Today’s technology is tomorrow’s handicrafts. People in a rush to get the next new thing lose the secrets of old technology.
This is what an American hero looks like
April 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
This is what an American hero looks like
Trump voters: Dog who caught car x2, won't take driver's ed because it's "Deep State."
April 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Trump voters: Dog who caught car x2, won't take driver's ed because it's "Deep State."
Scientists are fascinated by nature. Technologists are fascinated by power. Which are you?
April 25, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Scientists are fascinated by nature. Technologists are fascinated by power. Which are you?
Join me this Sunday, April 27, in Kensington, Maryland! I'll be selling copies of Eusbio's Tale, the first volume of the Way of Deep Time.
April 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Join me this Sunday, April 27, in Kensington, Maryland! I'll be selling copies of Eusbio's Tale, the first volume of the Way of Deep Time.
Knowledge workers: You probably learned to stop being a know-it-all if you are an employed adult, esp if female. The corrupt use this as a wedge to keep you from calling out stupidity. Speak up! Incompetence is the flipside of corruption.
April 23, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Knowledge workers: You probably learned to stop being a know-it-all if you are an employed adult, esp if female. The corrupt use this as a wedge to keep you from calling out stupidity. Speak up! Incompetence is the flipside of corruption.
RFK Jr says he didn't know anyone with autism growing up. This is exactly like someone in 1980 saying they didn't know any gay people growing up. Does he know how much internalized self-hatred he is creating, or is this part of the plan? #autism
April 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
RFK Jr says he didn't know anyone with autism growing up. This is exactly like someone in 1980 saying they didn't know any gay people growing up. Does he know how much internalized self-hatred he is creating, or is this part of the plan? #autism
To understand the weird nexus of wellness culture and fear of autism that is RFK Jr, read Doppelganger by Naomi Klein. Then read Neurotribes to see what fascists do to autistic children. Upshot: People who are different scare people who are afraid of their own weakness and mortality.
April 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
To understand the weird nexus of wellness culture and fear of autism that is RFK Jr, read Doppelganger by Naomi Klein. Then read Neurotribes to see what fascists do to autistic children. Upshot: People who are different scare people who are afraid of their own weakness and mortality.
May I present Clarke's razor: Never attribute to vibes what can be explained by mustering the stamina to articulate a fuzzy thought or feeling.
April 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
May I present Clarke's razor: Never attribute to vibes what can be explained by mustering the stamina to articulate a fuzzy thought or feeling.
Why are humans so preoccupied with being more intelligent than animals? Makes you wonder if we really are.
April 13, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Why are humans so preoccupied with being more intelligent than animals? Makes you wonder if we really are.
Reposted by Carmen Clarke
MMR vaccine doesn’t just prevent measles, mumps, and rubella. It also prevents RFK Jr. from showing up at your child’s funeral to exploit your grief at your most vulnerable moment.
April 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
MMR vaccine doesn’t just prevent measles, mumps, and rubella. It also prevents RFK Jr. from showing up at your child’s funeral to exploit your grief at your most vulnerable moment.
Prediction: As human vanity slowly accepts that what we called "intelligence" is trivial, science fiction will increasingly concern itself with what it means to be animal.
April 6, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Prediction: As human vanity slowly accepts that what we called "intelligence" is trivial, science fiction will increasingly concern itself with what it means to be animal.
April 4, 2025 at 11:48 AM