I’m tired of watching our heroes fail. It’s no fun to watch a protagonist who is not only doomed to fail, but is also doomed to never even try. …

Zen rolls with life’s twists and turns and knows a positive outcome is always coming over the horizon. Be more like Zen. Life is a game. Death is the ultimate concession. Anything in between is just life’s next move. You may pick up the pieces and try again, but when…

“We’re having a brainstorm in 10 minutes… I’ll be asking on each one of you for your opinion.” My boss wrote over Slack. It was actually 85 minutes before the meeting even started, and then everyone spent an unproductive 20 minutes talking about their general fears and concerns of the…

In future news, Martian and Venusian quarantine zones are set up around Earth, as people have been infected by a potentially fatal virus that is believed to originate from the red planet. As a precautionary measure, the US has extended its containment zone in the state of New York. The…

Hi, I’m Adam. A British sci-Fi and science writer working on a series of near-future novels. I also write non-fiction and I’m particularly interested in exploring the impact of emerging science (eg AI, quantum computing, human space settlement). You’ve stumbled on my ‘writing laboratory’. Congratulations. Here I share thought pieces…

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1. Money is not the most important thing. 2. If you put a picture of someone up in your work space you’ll be twice as productive. 3. Relationships are more important for your health than exercise. 4. People need 3 positive interactions for every negative one to keep their brain healthy. 5. Laughter can…

Time began at the Big Bang. When, and if, it will end is up for debate. Adam thought he had a good grasp on the basic concepts of time. Seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, years, decades, centuries, millennia. The blurring from the one into the other. The solar calendar, the…

Science Fiction says, ‘We can create the future, and here it is.’ Science Fiction is the hope that you might free yourself of the legal, social, economic, cultural, mental shackles that bind you. Science Fiction says, ‘you can stand up straight.’ Science Fiction speaks to the frustration, the boredom, the…