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Time Dilation - WFH?

Chen Qiufan’s short story “The Fish of Lijiang” is about a burned-out employee who travels to a holiday town where the experience of time is

Humanizing Machines or Humanizing Humans

After a super long Webex call (along with its glitches), I ended the day with a refreshing discussion hosted by Neil Leach on using AI in...

FictionFinder: A conversation with Masahito Ono

Masahito Ono (b. 1983, Japan) is an artist who lives and works in New York. Ono creates works that investigate and represent the process...

Excerpts from ‘The Philosophy of Andy Warhol’

I finally received my Amazon order today after three weeks – Peets Keurig pods and a few books. It’s only been two hours since I started...

FictionFinder: A conversation with Frederick Brown's family

He split his time in New York and Arizona, which I would say, is the most inspiring journey for any artist. While I plan to explore the dese

FictionFinder: A conversation with Alexis Gambis

Alexis Gambis, a French-Venezuelan biologist, filmmaker and a TED 2019 Fellow, whom I met at the Imagine Science Film Festival, shared his i

Excerpts from Exhalation - Ted Chiang

My friend Christina Lu (who also happens to explore art and science fiction) recently gave me ‘Exhalation’ by Ted Chiang – which raises...

FictionFinder: A conversation with AN.ONYMOUS - Iman Ansari

Iman Ansari, whom I had the pleasure of meeting at The Cooper Union, NYC, the co-founder of AN.ONYMOUS - an anti-disciplinary design firm...

S2-D1 expedition: 3D scanning the landscapes of California

“Science fiction is often charged with naïve technological optimism and historical amnesia. But for present-day Californians struggling...

FictionFinder: A conversation with Mark Davis

FICTIONMAPPER received it's first letter of encouragement recently and it came from an entrepreneur, scientist, author and engineer who...