The ending of Interstellar when Cooper finally reunites with his daughter, Murph is around 90–100 years old and nearing the end of her life, while Cooper is still biologically in his 40s because of the extreme time dilation he experienced during his mission.
I read somewhere that "When you choose a life partner you're choosing your eating companion for about 20,000 meals, your travel companion for about 70 vacations, your retirement friend, career therapist, & someone whose day you'll hear about 18,000 times" and I really can't stress this enough.
I'm a big fan of the "GPS Theory" when you miss a turn, your GPS doesn't judge you, it recalculates. No matter how many detours you take, it finds another way forward. Life works like that too. You'll make mistakes, but your destination doesn't vanish. The route just changes.
I saw a post on Reddit that said that “The underlying purpose of AI is to allow wealth to access skill while removing from the skilled the ability to access wealth.” And I don’t think I’ve ever seen AI described so incisively.
Your mother is problematic. Your father is problematic. Your son is problematic. Your aunt is problematic. The cashier at the local Tesco is problematic. You've probably bought a cookie from a bakery made by hands that have done unspeakable things. Every chocolate bar you've ever eaten has probably killed a 7 year old child slave in Cameroon. The gas that drives your car is fueled by engines of death. Every person who has ever smiled at you in the streets has committed some act that if you knew about it, would make you profoundly dislike them.
We have all been bad, small, petty, unlikeable, cruel, downright mean. Authors are not special "problematic" beings, they're just more public. Part of being an adult is recognizing that without mercy for our fellow human beings, and ourselves, we'd all be condemned to death. Reading fiction should help us understand that we're all irreparably tainted with evil, every system is corrupted, every line is broken.
And like, that's okay. That's what it means to be alive.
A few years ago, when I first started diving into Asian cinema, I had the chance to watch this movie in theaters. It was a strange experience: an older man, around 60, sitting a couple of seats away, muttered 'how boring' and walked out. (...)
Si echas de menos MINDHUNTER, ésta es tu serie: THROUGH THE DARKNESS. Doce intensos episodios sobre el primer perfilador criminal de Corea del sur que se 'enfrentó' a algunos de los psicópatas más temidos, explorando la mente del mal con un enfoque frío y fascinante.
This is why gratitude is so important. Everything u once wanted, u now have. Be it ur phone or relationship. We tend to forget our power and obsess over our new desires when the proof is in our face. Like hey i once wanted this strongly and i have it, so this is simple to get too