Glad to know it’s not just me. I love his books, but I’ve bounced off of the show twice now

I saw that post too! Lol

He concluded with,

“I feel like we are nearing the end of times. We humans are losing faith in ourselves.”

He’s talking about technology replacing artists.

He’s a great piece someone wrote about the modern situation, in this context, which included a video of the conversation

"Every morning, not in recent days, I see my friend who has a disability. It’s so hard for him just to do a high five; his arm with stiff muscle can’t reach out to my hand. Now, thinking of him, I can’t watch this stuff and find it interesting. Whoever creates this stuff has no idea what pain is.

I am utterly disgusted. If you really want to make creepy stuff, you can go ahead and do it, but I would never wish to incorporate this technology into my work at all. I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself."

What he’s talking (imo) about is how the images produced by the technology aren’t art, because they don’t comprehend the human pain that would inspire true art. They’re just creepy stuff

Real or Replicated, where it’s just Sisko’s dad ragging on all these uncultured humans that don’t eat real food

Since it’s already a hot sauce, I think that means you’re in for some spicy milk

Data is the ND character. Star Trek, and sci-fi and fantasy in general, use characters that are visibly others, to represent diverse human experiences. Check out season 1 episode 16 of the Original Series, the Galileo Seven, in which Spock is in command of an away mission that crashes on a planet’s surface, and his Vulcan logic is tested, dealing with the emotions of his crew. To me, it was clearly a portrayal of neurodivergence.

Spock is literally neurodivergent. His genes are hybrid, human and Vulcan, and so, therefore, is his brain. Data and his positronic brain fill that same role in the Next Generation.

Boimler gets associated with the ND characters in the show too, like Data and Spock. The crew of the Carlsbad expected him to be a hovering cube. I think it’s definitely intentional

It’s clear you don’t have the necessary context to understand the plot. Data’s character arc spans the entire show. The emotion chip is experimental, and something his original creator specifically didn’t install at the time of his creation, because it wasn’t ready. There’s a prototype of Data as well, called Lore, who does have emotions, but become a violent psychopath. They can’t just “make it work,” and doing so would defeat the point of it as a plot device.

Admiral Janeway: Quickload

Yeah, this is the way. It’s better to let the other person do the translating, rather than presenting maybe your ideas by using a translator. It would be like running everything you post through an AI first. Best to give as much intent as possible

They’d have to change the onboarding survey. A Klingon would break that door down

I’ve been meaning to get a Dropout subscription. This is another good reason

There were definitely some episodes of Voyager where I couldn’t stand Neelix, but I know if I had been on Voyager, I would have loved him. His role as “morale officer” might be a bit similar to Naomi being Captain’s assistant, but I think he actually does a very good job

We should be aiming for Net Zero billionaires anyway 😉

Section 31 was a new low

I like Silik, but their skin does look like roofing shingles lol

It was an appropriate introduction to the Chief though

She grows over the course of the show. I could see season 3+ Mariner saying this.