Dave

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Eclectic wanderer, a word-smith and a code-smith, caught between what is and what could have been.
Bloghttps://www.unobtrusivelucidity.com
Substackhttps://heroicadventures.substack.com/
Portfoliohttps://www.davidbrown-portfolio.com
DaveDec 30
ohmrunDec 30
One wrong note is a mistake. Five wrong notes in a row is jazz.
DaveDec 30
The Inspiration of Cupcakes https://www.unobtrusivelucidity.com/2025/12/the-inspiration-of-cupcakes/
The Inspiration of Cupcakes | unobtrusive lucidity

While I didn't do badly on my new year's resolutions for 2025, I'm paring back for 2026 to this single resolution: I'm going to adopt the disinhibition of optimism, and see where it leads. Because I was inspired by cupcakes.

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DaveNov 29
A Review of I, Robot https://www.unobtrusivelucidity.com/2025/11/a-review-of-i-robot/
A Review of I, Robot | unobtrusive lucidity

As we encounter the extinction-level event that is artificial intelligence, I, Robot gives us a startlingly clear portrait..or prediction…of the direction we are traveling, quickly, blindly, and with reckless surrender.

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DaveOct 27
Memories, Re-Mixed https://www.unobtrusivelucidity.com/2025/10/memories-re-mixed/
Memories, Re-Mixed | unobtrusive lucidity

Mix tapes were a hallmark of our teenage years for those of us who are from a certain generation.

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DaveSep 1, 2025
The Power of Photographs https://www.unobtrusivelucidity.com/2025/09/the-power-of-photographs/
The Power of Photographs | unobtrusive lucidity

For what could be the first time, I looked at those photographs, and then looked at myself in the mirror, and I felt old.

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DaveAug 9, 2025
The Nature of a Hero in Fantastic Four: First Steps https://www.unobtrusivelucidity.com/2025/08/the-nature-of-a-hero-fantastic-four/
The Nature of a Hero in Fantastic Four: First Steps | unobtrusive lucidity

Fantastic Four: First Steps is the first depiction of true heroes that we've seen in a long time.

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DaveJul 19, 2025
The world is choking on screens. Just as this book foretold. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/07/17/neil-postman-amusing-ourselves-to-death/
The world is choking on screens. Just as this book foretold.

Neil Postman’s “Amusing Ourselves to Death” at 40 is truer than ever.

The Washington Post
DaveJul 7, 2025
Where Have All The Good Guys Gone? https://www.unobtrusivelucidity.com/2025/07/where-have-all-the-good-guys-gone/
Where Have All The Good Guys Gone? | unobtrusive lucidity

The ultimate end of deconstruction is a void, in which there is nothing to believe, no faith to hold, a cycle of cynicism that destroys from within. In my reading of comics, I think that's why I've gravitated more toward DC in recent years, because in print they have often avoided the emotional morbidity of their films.

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DaveJun 22, 2025
To Dream a Dystopian Dream https://www.unobtrusivelucidity.com/2025/06/to-dream-a-dystopian-dream/
To Dream a Dystopian Dream | unobtrusive lucidity

The excitement and optimism that I experienced in childhood is potentially not even possible now as a faceless, opaque algorithm makes critical decisions for us without accountability.

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DaveJun 19, 2025
Popular services keep adding AI. Some customers want them to stop. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/06/18/ai-pushback-audible-duolingo/
Popular services keep adding AI. Some customers want them to stop.

Customers are starting to push back against AI in their favorite products, worried about jobs, quality and the meaning of art.

The Washington Post