Jason AhlquistComplexity Makes Suffering InvisibleIn 2016, I saw a child die in the street. That’s not a metaphor. It was a violent crime that actually happened. I haven’t talked about it…Jan 1, 2017Jan 1, 2017
Jason AhlquistA Progressive Makes the Case for Pumping IronLike a lot of progressives, I didn’t exactly wake up to specter of a Trump Presidency because I had been up all night watching results and…Nov 11, 2016Nov 11, 2016
Jason AhlquistSerialized Fiction: Combustion City Folklore — Chapter Two“Why did I want wings” Dev thought to herself as she tried to evade the searchlights of the ground drones, “of all the stupid, impractical…Nov 2, 2016Nov 2, 2016
Jason AhlquistRevisiting 2003’s “The Corporation” with an eye to the futureIn 2003, law professor Joel Bakan, filmmakers Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbot released “The Corporation.” The documentary film and its…Oct 30, 2016Oct 30, 2016
Jason AhlquistReview — Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon FilmsI have a confession to make: I never really liked the 80’s action hero stereotype. Even when I was a kid, the ultra-violent, one liner…Oct 29, 2016Oct 29, 2016
Jason AhlquistCan Virtual Reality Foster Empathy?I’m taking a law class and we recently had a discussion about whether we are ruled by reason or emotion. It’s a big subject that had a lot…Oct 26, 2016Oct 26, 2016
Jason AhlquistSerialized Fiction: Combustion City Folklore — Chapter OneA long time ago, I wrote most of a novel. It was about Detroit, transhumanism, dreamers, punk rock and love. It was for love lost that I…Oct 20, 2016Oct 20, 2016
Jason AhlquistOur Science Fiction WorldNone of the following is really all that novel. But as I’ve been walking my way through it over the past year, I think that I may have…Oct 19, 2016Oct 19, 2016
