Originally posted at https://loridianslaboratory.com/2023/03/25/to-stand-on-the-rubble/ This precious human life we have is ever-changing. We wish things will stay the same forever when they are wonderful, and wish they would change quickly when they aren’t. We are always wishing, always trying to keep the bad at bay or hold the good up…

Originally posted at https://loridianslaboratory.com/2022/03/31/why-your-narrative-design-team-needs-an-anthropologist-or-at-least-some-anthropology/ I’m an avid gamer and science fiction author in addition to being an anthropologist. So for me, worldbuilding is everything. A bad worldbuild immediately turns me off to games, and I know that as gamers become more sophisticated, many people are feeling the same. First of…

Originally posted at https://loridianslaboratory.com/2021/12/06/worldbuilding-part-6-cognitive-maps-magic-and-super-powers/ Recently, I had a discussion with a friend about what kind of biological costs superpowers or magic might have on the biology of the brain. We discussed the impact of cognitive maps based on different biological and environmental systems, and why these are things that might…

On September 10th, 2021 I did a Ted Talk. Check it out here.

Originally Published at https://loridianslaboratory.com/2021/09/18/red-yellow-green-a-tool-for-mindfulness-and-developing-self-knowledge/ Know thyself. That’s what we are supposed to do, isn’t it? The image here, a screenshot from the 1999 film The Matrix, is, in part an exploration of knowing oneself. It’s a point when the character Neo, must confront his uncertainly, face his fears and discomfort…

We are, each of us, a little universe. — Neil deGrasse Tyson I have always gazed at the stars, longing with the beating of my heart for some greater connection to our cosmos. My childhood was filled with science fiction, astronomy, and glow in the dark stickers of constellations on…

Originally posted at https://loridianslaboratory.com/2021/08/05/spoken-word-im-sorry-to-interrupt-and-im-on-tiktok-now/ I recently started a TikTok Page where I talk about anthropology, history, worldbuilding, poetry and a few other elements of my life and experiences. But today I posted a brand new piece of Spoken Word there called, I’m Sorry to Interrupt. Here’s a link to the…

Originally Published at https://loridianslaboratory.com/2021/08/13/the-great-risk-of-truly-being/ Lately, I have been thinking a lot about my Buddhist spiritual path and also I’ve been rereading Children of Dune by Frank Herbert. This is because the Dune movie comes out in October 2021 and I wanted to be reminded of why I love that universe…

A new episode is up and this one focuses on the history of systemic racism and how race is a flexible and mobile tool of social control, not simply a category of identity.