Tag Archives: tangents
A κλών has agency, too.
On Tuesday, Professor Sample mentioned that the word clone comes from the Greek word for twig (κλών). He also noted that it was first used in botany, if I remember correctly. Two things about this. First, it comes as a shock to me that a word so entwined with the perversion of nature should come […] Continue reading
Uncanny Canine
This is BigDog, a robot designed to carry heavy loads over rough terrain. It’s…grotesque. The way it tries to balance itself (at the 0:35 and 1:25 second marks) is truly uncanny—recognizable but repulsively strange at the same time. The buzzing, the stilted gait, and the lack of a head is a little creepy. It’s as if a […] Continue reading
Psyched about WE3
Matthew Miller makes a fascinating connection between WE3 and Freudian psychology here. Grant Morrison is pretty big into psychology. I had a friend tell me about his use of Jungian psychology or something along those lines in his comics…The three main characters can somewhat be ascribed to the Freudian ideas of the id, ego, and superego. […] Continue reading
Elevators, Escalators, and Asymmetries of Power
Having power is fraught with difficulties of its own. It’s not easy being the Dark Lord. Continue reading