If you are a dev and feeling down because AI AI AI, there is a very good Philip K. Dick short story titled Pay for the Printer that you might enjoy. I don't think it is public domain yet, but you can probably find a copy lying around.

Not linking the wikipedia because it kind of spoils it.

#ai #programming #philipkdick #pkd

i feel like lately in my daily mundane life legit communication is just lost in a sea of #noise/spam. Is it that i'm getting old and no longer have the energy or will to sort through the #datasmog that's always been there or has it really gotten so much worse, in the last, i dunno, 5 years or so? I feel like I can't get simple things accomplished because it's so hard to find the email threads that represent those digital errands.Like simple customer support stuff about orders or bills or events or whatnot, just drowned in a sea of attempts to #scam and trick me. trick us all.

What science fiction author or filmmaker predicted this kind of #end to our #civilization? That we'd just be swamped in our own digital trash and eventually unable to cope. Seems like a #PKD story but I cant recall which or whether he really wrote something like that... I keep thinking of the part in #Ubik where the protagonist is trapped in his apartment because he can't afford to pay the autonomous pay-per-use door out. This is what's happening but even worse, because the problem is not even connected to any physical situation. Machines and systems just idiotically bewildering us all to death.

Clube de Leitura - Primeiro Contato Sci-Fi

É necessário entrar em grupo de ZAP para maiores informações (não sei se será exclusivo para membros). Achei bem interessante por focar num gênero. Da lista, recomendo Clarke, Dick e Loyola:

- Fevereiro: A vida e as mortes de Severino Olho de Dendê (Ian Fraser);
- Março: Devoradores de Estrelas (Andy Weir);
- Abril: Mar da Tranquilidade (Emily St. John Mandle);
- Maio: Salmo para um robô peregrino (Beck Chambers);
- Junho: Os funcionários (Olga Ravn);
- Julho: Encontro com o Rama (Arthur C. Clarke);
- Agosto: Tédio Terminal (Izumi Suzuki);
- Setembro: A Bibliotecária de Memórias (Janel Monet);
- Outubro: Fluam, minhas lágrimas, disse o policial (Philip K Dick);
- Novembro: Não Verás País nenhum (Ignácio de Loyola Brandão);
- Dezembro: será decidido em grupo;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s5wp-SoleM

Em 2014, participei de um Clube de Leitura no FB e foi uma experiência bem legal. À época, lemos: Wilde, Gaiman, King entre outros.

@livros

#ClubeDeLeitura #PrimeiroContatoSciFi #Livros #SciFi #FiccaoCientifica #IanFraser #AndyWeir #EmilyStJohnMandle #BeckChambers #OlgaRavn #ArthurCClarke #IzumiSuzuki #JanelMonet #PhilipKDick #PKD #IgnacioDeLoyolaBrandao

"Num futuro estado policial, o famoso apresentador de TV Jason Taverner acorda numa espelunca e ninguém mais o reconhece, como se nunca tivesse existido. Além da fuga constante para não ser preso e enviado para um campo de concentração, tenta entender o que aconteceu com sua realidade."

[Fluam, Minhas Lágrimas, Disse o Policial - sol2070](https://sol2070.in/2025/12/fluam-minhas-lagrimas-philip-k-dick/)

#PhilipKDick #PKD #SciFi #SciFiBooks #livros #FiccaoCientifica #IndieWeb #SmallWeb #SurfandoWeb

It's Philip Dick's birthday today. I know people who claim #PKD is the greatest #scifi writer. I don't think so, but he comes close.

A coincidence, it is: this evening I'll probably finish reading "Red Mars". KSR PhD thesis was on PKD.