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Immortality and the Moon Rabbit

June 23, 2017by lalancaster Leave a comment

What do you see in the patterns in the moons surface? I was always guided to see a human face on the moon, and I was surprised to find out […]

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Culture and Society

Longevity Is No Accident

June 6, 2017by lalancaster 1 Comment

What if sudden accidents were the only causes of death? What if there was no more starvation, heart disease or old age? How long would we live? One simulation at […]

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Culture and Society, Immortality

Cherry Blossom Time

May 17, 2017by lalancaster 3 Comments

I always knew cherry blossoms were important in Japanese culture, but I didn’t understand deeply until I went there. I arrived in Japan April 2nd this year. On my first […]

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Culture and Society

The End of Driver’s Ed?

May 3, 2017by lalancaster Leave a comment

On the last day of my vacation last month, I was standing on a crowded subway train in Tokyo. I realized I might be one of the few people on […]

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Culture and Society

Age of Reason vs. the Information Age

December 22, 2016by lalancaster 3 Comments

Since I am writing a science fiction novel with some nearly immortal characters, I get to have fun conversations with them. Here is a portion of one: “Robert, why don’t you […]

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Culture and Society, The Phoenix Gene, A Novel, Writing Science Fiction

Alaska and Age

December 19, 2016by lalancaster 1 Comment

What could be better than a state with views like this which also gives away free money each year? Some readers know I live in Alaska and that I work […]

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Aging, Culture and Society

Spiders: A Love/Hate Relationship

November 1, 2016by lalancaster Leave a comment

Halloween is over and it’s time to remove the giant spider you put on your lawn to keep squeamish trick or treaters away, so let’s talk about how people feel […]

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Culture and Society, Immortality

Are You Privileged? Recent History May Tell

October 22, 2016by lalancaster 3 Comments

This week I’m tackling a hard subject. In the novel I’m writing, one character is biologically immortal. He’s 251. He’s been in the US Marines for nearly his entire life. […]

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Culture and Society, Writing Science Fiction

Where Adulthood Begins in an Ageless Society

October 16, 2016by lalancaster 2 Comments

When did you feel you had finally become an adult? Was it age 18? High school or college graduation? When a child was born to you? Like me, was it […]

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Culture and Society

Living Forever For One Day

October 9, 2016by lalancaster 2 Comments

If you had to relive one day for all eternity and you would never age, what day would you choose? Movies like Groundhog Day and more recently, Miss Peregrines School […]

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Culture and Society, Immortality

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  • Cherry Blossom Time May 17, 2017
  • The End of Driver’s Ed? May 3, 2017
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