Most of us wonder, at one time or another, how the world appears in other people’s eyes. Does the red I see look like the red you see? If not, how are they different? If you are not colorblind, you have probably wondered what the world looks like to those who are. You have probably…
On Freedom of Speech and Silence
In two weeks, my first novel arrives. It takes place in a future without free speech — where speech literally costs money — where every word has a dollar value and people can only speak as much as they can afford. Rather than pay, the protagonist, Speth, exercises the only power and autonomy left to…