Alvin Toffler wrote a book called “Future Shock” back in 1970 which posited the premise that individuals and society, as a collective whole, was experiencing a psychological syndrome akin to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This had been known to first World War (‘the Great War’) as shell shock, from living in fear of artillery shells exploding nearby. You never knew when something was going to blow up, nearby, or far away.
I was watching the Democratic debates tonight, and heard Tulsi Gabbard talking about the word “Aloha”. She says that it is so […]
In November 1954, in Amazing Stories, Frank Herbert wrote a short story “The Gone Dogs” about a global pandemic that wiped out […]
Three Science Fiction authors that I remember well have surnames that start with “H” — Harrison, Haldeman, and Heinlein. All three of […]
In the Bible there are many references to the Jordan river. Joshua 03:17 “The priests who carried the ark of the covenant […]
