ericvancewalton

We walk with eyes on us forever, the stars piercing the veil of darkness, each pulse, a gentle longing, that hangs trembling in the cold. Watching sunrises in solitude, the sky bleeds for our entertainment,

Image created by Grok. Disclaimer: This story is a work of fan fiction based on the concepts and settings inspired by SpaceX and its Mars mission endeavors. All characters, events, and scenarios depicted

Image created by Grok. If you missed Part 3 of becoming you can get caught up here. Disclaimer: This story is a work of fan fiction based on the concepts and settings inspired by SpaceX and its Mars mission

Image created by Grok. If you missed Part 2 of becoming you can get caught up here. Disclaimer: This story is a work of fan fiction based on the concepts and settings inspired by SpaceX and its Mars mission

Image created by Grok. Did you miss part one of becoming? If so, click here to read the first installment. Disclaimer: This story is a work of fan fiction based on the concepts and settings inspired by

First of all, thanks for all the kind words of support for my latest short story, becoming. As someone who’s been on this platform for a very long time, it's an incredible feeling to experience that kind

Image created by Grok. Disclaimer: This story is a work of fan fiction based on the concepts and settings inspired by SpaceX and its Mars mission endeavors. All characters, events, and scenarios depicted

There’s so much talk of (green) candles lately I felt this thumbnail was hilariously appropriate. Everyone who is holding Bitcoin now was right but it’s important not to become smug or start to believe

Image created by Grok I’ll begin by saying this is going to be a little different from my typical blog. Being an optimist is, ideally, just continuously seeking out the good—those glimmers of hope that

Since getting the Ninja Woodfire Grill earlier this summer I’ve had a chance to cook almost everything except for brisket and salmon (those are coming soon). I say this without exaggeration, everything

As you can probably tell from many of my recent blogs—artificial intelligence has been occupying a lot of space in my head lately. I think this is mainly because I, intuitively, feel how important this

The things we’ve been through are enough to fill the silence, the miracles we’ve seen have shown me there’s continuity of the soul. There’s more to this world than what we know, a vastness veiled beyond

Nine years?! How could it be? My origin story will forever be emblazoned in my memory. I caught wind of a blockchain-based blogging platform in a Facebook self-improvement group, ChooseYourself, I belonged

My post the other day AGI Isn’t Just On The Doorstep, It’s About To Walk Right Through Our Front Door sparked some very interesting discussions. Honestly, reading and responding to the comment section

Have you ever had something in your life that draws you towards it like a moth to a porchlight but you can’t explain why? Fast cars definitely fit into that category for me, and also my younger brother.

There have been many red flags over the last eighteen months that the proverbial AGI-genie has already been released from the bottle. You might remember the executive shake-up at OpenAI in November of

Into the Fold Some of you might remember the Book Nook that I assembled earlier this year over the course of a week. For those of you who don’t remember—this thing had hundreds of small pieces and instructions

We’re the last who know what the world was like before, when the Earth spun softly, its attention unfractured, our edges weren’t worn away by modernity’s grind, executives in skyscrapers hadn’t hi-jacked

After savoring Still Game over three years, rationing out episodes like a fine whiskey, I finally watched the finale (Series 9, Episode 6 - Over the Hill) a few nights ago. Friends and fellow fans of the

Each year the days leading up to my birthday are typically spent in reflection—setting new challenges/goals, reassessing the progress of previous ones, and just an overall soul check-in. If I like what