The possibility that life is a simulation
Some people just find the whole idea too fanciful to even think about. But many other find it terrifying, exciting or both. Why would such an apparently outlandish idea have this effect?
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Not every venture has a happy ending – and that’s OK
In Hollywood, every failure simply serves to make the eventual success more inevitable. In real life, every past failure should be a reminder that a happy outcome was never guaranteed. Our failed relationships, terrible jobs and bad holidays reflect our characters and the reality of our lives at least as much as the good times, which often hang on a thread.
ReadWhat makes you… you?
NINE TO NOON – RADIO NEW ZEALAND, 12 APRIL. Interviewed by Kathryn Ryan ahead of my appearance at the Auckland Writers[…]
ReadThe Why Factor
THE WHY FACTOR – BBC WORLD SERVICE. I was on this programme on identity, presented by Mike Williams, first broadcast 1[…]
ReadMust all good things come to an end?
There is a sense in which everything that we have done cannot be undone. If you have loved, then it will always be true that you have loved. No achievement can be taken away once it has been achieved. Good things never really end, we just come to the end of them.
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