Just some old U2 music from the 1990s? Not exactly, it's an echo of Achtung Baby and ZOO TV in 2023 when a lot more people have become accustomed to smartphones and tablets, VR and AR...
The ZOO TV tour in the early 1990s was meant for stadium environments of 50K to 100 thousand people. The Sphere is only around 20 thousand at best, so it's more like an Imax arena thing.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-66957589
Perhaps the tree could have been better protected. However, no one thought that some idiots would attack it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sycamore_Gap_Tree#Felling
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hood:_Prince_of_Thieves#Filming
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Sycamore+Gap+Tree
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Robin+Hood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVYrJJNdrEg
https://decrypt.co/199263/metaverse-zuckerberg-lex-fridman-future-ai-ultra-realistic-avatars
MZ sure is ready to take things to another level.
https://www.laptopmag.com/news/live/meta-connect-2023
https://www.engadget.com/metas-metaverse-is-getting-an-ai-makeover-194004996.html
https://www.aitimejournal.com/how-ai-and-the-metaverse-work-together/
https://www.hitechnectar.com/blogs/how-ai-and-metaverse-are-shaping-the-future/
Noam Chomsky on AI, Neural Networks, and the Future of Linguistics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkRft71_JrY
NOAM CHOMSKY - THE GHOST IN THE MACHINE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axuGfh4UR9Q
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/ai-makes-rules-for-the-metaverse-even-more-important/
https://www.news.viverse.com/post/ai-and-the-metaverse-what-you-should-know
Inside U2's Sphere Residency in Las Vegas | Apple Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfUGtUER1yw
Although it's nowhere as big as the ZOO+TV Tour in the early 1990s, its at a whole new level of interactive technology.
The_Creator is a spectacularly visually stunning movie.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Creator_(2023_film)#Visual_effects_and_post-production
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex3C1-5Dhb8
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11858890
AI can be a wonderful tool for humanity, or it could become the most inhumane thing in the world.
AI is Becoming More Dangerous And Threatening! - Mustafa Suleyman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTxnLsYHWuI
ChatGPT Could Be The Start Of The End! Sam Harris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmlrEgLGozw
Ex-Google Officer Finally Speaks Out On The Dangers Of AI! - Mo Gawdat | E252 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk-nQ7HF6k4
Why AI Is So Dangerous & How It Could Destroy Humanity | Mo Gawdat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itY6VWpdECc
‘Deepfakes, destruction’: Artificial intelligence's ‘real danger’ to humanity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb7NddXDdxs
How AI Is Changing The Future Of The Human Race | Spark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaTXtUoN9Cg
https://www.unitree.com There will be a point when these become ubiquitous and many people will be quite surprised.
Unfortunately, some idiot killed the Sycamore_Gap_Tree.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sycamore_Gap_Tree#Felling
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hood:_Prince_of_Thieves#Filming
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherwood_Forest#Major_Oak
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Oak#History
The+Sycamore+Gap+Tree was destroyed the day after the Robyn+Hood+TV+Series aired.
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Robin+Hood
The Self-checkout terminals are certainly great in some ways. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-checkout#Advantages
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/self-checkout-cashiers-1.6931122
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-checkout#Typical_systems
https://www.soocial.com/self-checkout-statistics/
https://www.business.org/software/point-of-sale/the-pros-and-cons-of-using-self-checkouts/
https://www.glory-global.com/en-gb/blogs/en_gb/2020/cash-integration-in--retail-self-checkout/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/self-checkout-cashiers-retail-jobs-technology-1.5020299
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/09/business/self-checkout-retail/index.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-checkout#Disadvantages
https://www.wsj.com/articles/more-self-checkout-is-coming-no-matter-how-much-you-hate-it There seems to be a push to have more automation at the expense of less jobs for people.
https://www.icxa.org/articles/examing-the-disruptive-innovation-of-self-checkout/
https://globalnews.ca/news/9233528/cashless-canada-digital-future/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/marketplace-are-you-being-served-1.3422736
If humanity realizes one day that its totally under the management and control of AI, will anyone be curious as to when the takeover started?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPJvr58ibMA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Expendables_4#Critical_response
The Worst Movie Of 2023? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AO_0a37fIc
Expendables 4: One Of The Worst Films... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiPggYJEyzY
It would have been a good idea to take enough time to make a good part 4 of this series.
Robyn_Hood is a fantastic modern urban take on a legendary story.
https://www.globaltv.com/shows/robyn-hood
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20918756
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Robyn+Hood+TV+Series
AKA, the conformity and obedience card. Injectable or nanotech versions could be optional, for now.
https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-obedience-2795894
https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/blog/fighting-the-climate-crisis-with-carbon-credits Getting the world on board so that most people can be conditioned to accept a global human herd management system will make life that much more comfortable for the billionares.
https://greenly.earth/en-gb/blog/company-guide/what-is-carbon-management Eventually, people can AI through their phone if they have permission to leave their home and go to various places. If their carbon footprint is too high for the week, they might be confined to their local 15 minute area.
https://www.verywellmind.com/the-asch-conformity-experiments-2794996 Just think how wonderful things could be if things are totally managed by a Global aGi system. Wonderful perhaps for those that want to have a Borg type world. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Borg
https://www.cbr.com/star-trek-borg-villains-history-explained/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borg#Assimilation
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Nanoprobe_virus
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Borg_history Of course science fiction stories don't have to be 100% accurate or fully prophetic. They can be about alternate worlds, situations and timelines, etc.
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Neural_link
So many people are trapped within a Left or Right paradigm when things are much more complex. Totalitarianism under any name is of no benefit to free people.
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https://www.livekindly.com/poo-legally-allowed-food
A personal carbon_footprint management system run by AI, is a clever way to condition humanity into accepting the inhuman world of technocracy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_footprint#Shifting_responsibility_from_corporations_to_individuals
https://greenly.earth/en-gb/blog/company-guide/what-is-carbon-management
Eventually, AI can determine if you can own a car or go on a plane to another country or continent. It can also decide whether or not to grant you a breeding permit.
https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/carbon-footprint-calculator/
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Sustainability+Citizen+Digital+ID+System
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dAp1PmhH8g
LV was almost built from scratch, because there wasn't much there in its early years.
Scam City: Las Vegas - A City with a Seedy Underbelly of Pleasure and Swindlers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fr3vtZwztNQ
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/nazi-parliament-standing-ovation WTH?
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-66919230
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/anthony-rota-ukrainian-veteran-apology-1.6977117
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/holocaust-education-north-bay-1.6623500
https://www.history.com/news/the-7-most-notorious-nazis-who-escaped-to-south-america
https://allthatsinteresting.com/ratlines
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratlines_(World_War_II)#Ratline_escapes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratlines_(World_War_II)#Argentine_connection
The Real Reason Why Nazi Officers Fled to Argentina After WW2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiAR4O7fl-E
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-66910327
The Doppelganger is a fascinating phenomenon with interesting implications.
https://www.britannica.com/art/doppelganger
Why are we so fascinated by doppelgangers? | The Stream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6WDQBLd62w
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=the+doppelganger
https://www.u2.com/news/title/5-days-to-go/
U2 performing Lemon in their version of the Holodeck MATRIX. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEcx9F_FW2U
What will such songs be like in the Sphere?
https://news3lv.com/news/local/sphere-in-las-vegas-releases-general-admission-policy-ahead-of-debut
Three decades after the Zoo_TV_Tour, it's time for an update and repackaging of what amazed so many people in the early 1990s.
https://news3lv.com/news/local/sphere-in-las-vegas-releases-general-admission-policy-ahead-of-debut
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_TV_Tour#Conception
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U2:UV_Achtung_Baby_Live_at_Sphere
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U2:UV_Achtung_Baby_Live_at_Sphere#Set_design_and_show_production
The_Expendables_4 had a long time to develop into a good story and movie, but it didn't.
However, such a movie can still have its moments.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Expendables_4#Filming
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Expendables_4#Reception
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/expend4bles-movie-review-2023
https://movieweb.com/star-wars-most-powerful-sith-lords/
The ever expanding STAR+WARS universe has become the epitome of multigenerational entertainment.
https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/john-wick-director-had-sage-advice-for-the-continental
https://www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/where-the-continental-hotel-fits-into-new-york-geography
https://movieweb.com/john-wick-the-continental-plot-cast-release-date/
The world of John+Wick keeps growing through the years.
https://johnwick.fandom.com/wiki/Continental_Hotel
https://gamerant.com/john-wick-continental-hotel-facts-trivia/
https://movieweb.com/john-wick-continental-hotel-rules-explained/
https://www.atlasofwonders.com/2021/12/continental-hotel-john-wick.html
https://georgebelll.medium.com/the-similarities-of-simulation-d5a6f0121821
The MATRIX is just one of a series of science-fiction VR stories over the decades.
https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/science-behind-the-fiction-humans-as-batteries-as-in-the-matrix-probably-not-gonna-happen Of course since science-fiction stories are of a speculative nature, so they can't be 100% accurate.
https://www.vulture.com/2021/12/what-the-matrix-predicted-about-life-in-2019.html
THE MATRIX: Every Glitch & Details You Missed | The Deep Dive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMWFruxxt_o
https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/18/how-to-build-the-matrix
https://onezero.medium.com/we-need-to-find-out-if-we-are-living-in-a-simulation-1ae70919505b
If this world is part of a digital cosmic simulation, there could be countless parallel or overlapping and intersecting simulations running all at once.
Is THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR IS BETTER THAN THE MATRIX? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipHTAGNh4Qo
https://medium.com/predict/metaverse-imaginaries-sci-fi-vignette-1-affa6e401b6d
Rizwan-Virk knows a thing or 2 about digitally constructed realities. https://rizstanford.medium.com
https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/20/23881241/openai-dalle-third-version-generative-ai
This tech continues to grow in popularity, because it's DALL-E.
https://mashable.com/article/openai-dall-e-3-reveal
https://gizmodo.com/openai-adds-chatgpt-to-new-dall-e-3-image-generator-1850857929
https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/20/openai-unveils-dall-e-3-allows-artists-to-opt-out-of-training
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DALL-E#Ethical_concerns
https://dataconomy.com/2023/09/21/openai-dall-e-3-how-to-use-chatgpt/
https://www.thebookseller.com/news/martin-grisham-and-picoult-among-17-authors-to-file-ai-lawsuit
This is certainly a growing concern for writers.
https://authorsguild.org/news/ag-and-authors-file-class-action-suit-against-openai/
https://deadline.com/2023/09/authors-openai-lawsuit-john-grisham-george-rr-martin-1235551400/
https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/20/23882140/george-r-r-martin-lawsuit-openai-copyright-infringement
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/openai-lawsuit-george-rr-martin-john-grisham-copyright-infringement/
https://www.techtarget.com/searchcustomerexperience/definition/virtual-assistant-AI-assistant
The popularity of the AI Virtual_Assistant keeps growing.
https://www.g2.com/categories/intelligent-virtual-assistants
https://10web.io/blog/ai-assistants/
https://www.unite.ai/10-best-ai-assistants/
https://www.elegantthemes.com/blog/business/best-ai-assistants
https://aisera.com/chatbots-virtual-assistants-conversational-ai
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metro_systems
There is a gradual transition towards fully automatically run trains.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metro_systems#List
Some older lines can be upgraded and automated, while many new lines are run by computers right from the start.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metro_systems#Under_construction
It's very impressive for a city on the edge of the desert and the ocean to keep building on such a grand scale.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Dubai
It's not that there can't be any significant sea level rise in the distant future. However, any such long term sea level increase would likely be in feet, rather than meters.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai_Maritime_City
Consider all the approved building permits and then all the required insurance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Islands
Such permits and insurance wouldn't be granted if there was going to be any significant sea level increase in the near future.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_(archipelago)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian_Peninsula
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=cities
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=the+desert
Such movies can be low budget and silly, but still be interesting, or moderate to big budget classic horror entertainment.
https://thedigitalbits.com/item/blood-beast-terror-kino-2023-bd
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Truth_About_Killer_Robots
https://www.thirdpartyfilms.com/films/robots
A.I. and robotics can be quite a beneficial and integral tool for humanity. However, if humanity should ever totally be taken over by AI, then expect the most inhuman results.
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/2018/03/tesla-car-in-fatal-hwy-101-crash-was-on.html
Link from mainland to offshore project has 8 lanes in total; walking and cycling tracks https://gulfnews.com/uae/transport/new-14km-bridge-to-connect-bur-dubai-with-dubai-islands-1.98097740
The iconic Infinity Bridge in Dubai https://twitter.com/uae_tour/status/1623642415214075905?lang=en
"The bridge, which has six car lanes in each direction, also has the capacity to handle 24,000 vehicles per hour and includes a combined three-meter-wide track for pedestrians and cyclists." https://gulfnews.com/uae/transport/watch-timelapse-video-shows-dubais-iconic-infinity-bridge-1.1643540471373
Big time digital tech, indeed.
https://www.constructionweekonline.com/tags/ai
A big enough earthquake could make what happened in 2001 seem like a warm up.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/12/05/predicting-the-earthquake-that-could-wreck-new-york
Unfortunately almost any city has the potential of being hit by an earthquake.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake_activity_in_the_New_York_City_area
https://www.earth.com/news/new-york-city-earthquake/
Fortunately, NYC doesn't get the earthquake frequency like Tokyo and LA do.
https://www.fox5ny.com/news/new-york-could-experience-a-damaging-earthquake
https://nypost.com/2017/09/09/new-york-city-is-overdue-for-a-major-earthquake/
An earthquake can happen almost anywhere on the planet, even in Saudi+Arabia.
https://digital-desert.com , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Desert_Hot_Springs_earthquake
https://digital-desert.com/geology/intro4.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Saudi_Arabia
https://earthquaketrack.com/p/saudi-arabia/biggest
https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/saudi-arabia/largest.html
https://earthquakelist.org/saudi-arabia/
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1227126/amp
https://bigthink.com/hard-science/biggest-earthquake-world-history
Southern Peru desert shattered by the great 2001 earthquake https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.0404320101
https://www.arabianbusiness.com/culture-society/saudi-arabia-earthquake-danger-official-report
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Saudi+Arabia
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=earthquakes
Pondering the possibility of a Multiverse has astounding implications about the nature of reality.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse#History_of_the_concept
The Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-manyworlds
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Many-worlds_interpretation
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02602-8
https://www.nature.com/articles/4651010a
Of course it eventually worked its way into fiction.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse_(DC_Comics)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse_(DC_Comics)#Fictional_history_and_structure
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse_(Marvel_Comics)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)
The parallel universe that's part of the Mythology of the Fringe TV series
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mythology_of_Fringe#The_parallel_universe
The Fringe_(TV_series) was fantastic science fiction and quite thought provoking entertainment.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mythology_of_Fringe#Alternate_timelines
https://collider.com/fringe-tv-show
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Fringe
https://fringe.fandom.com/wiki/Observers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mythology_of_Fringe#The_Pattern
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Deutsch#The_Fabric_of_Reality
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=the+multiverse
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Cosmic+Pattern
https://nypost.com/2023/09/09/twa-pilot-who-dodged-hijacked-plane-on-9-11-an-unsung-hero-2
In some cases, big or pivotal events in history have intersections with synchronicity. Apparently, people aren't supposed to notice the pattern of the #911, even when its rearranged as 611, 119 or 191...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Airlines_Flight_611 25 May, 2002. Just rearrange the #911 & you have 611.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TWA_Flight_800 July 17, 1996 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TWA_Flight_800#Accident_flight "The accident airplane, registration N93119 (a Boeing 747-131), was manufactured by Boeing in July 1971."
https://www.faa.gov/lessons_learned/transport_airplane/accidents/N93119 N**119, the last 3 digits are 119, not 911, but still peculiar.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Express_Flight_2574 A crash on September 11, 1991.
191 not 911, but ominous nonetheless. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Air_Lines_Flight_191 August 2, 1985.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines_Flight_191 May 25, 1979
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_191 It seems to be part of a pattern that is beyond human control.
https://collider.com/fringe-tv-show
https://fringe.fandom.com/wiki/The_Pattern
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mythology_of_Fringe#The_Pattern
https://fringe.fandom.com/wiki/September
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mythology_of_Fringe#The_parallel_universe
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Cosmic+Pattern
https://theluxurytravelexpert.com/2019/09/16/most-scenic-drives-world/
It's a matter of opinion and perspective. There is always one that's better.
https://www.sixt.com/magazine/travel/best-roads-in-the-world/
https://fullsuitcase.com/best-scenic-roads-worldwide/
https://www.enjoytravel.com/us/travel-news/epic-road-trips/most-scenic-drives-world
https://www.worldatlas.com/places/the-world-s-10-most-scenic-drives.html
https://www.dangerousroads.org/around-the-world/our-lists/4731-ultimate-road-trips.html
https://www.tour1.com/top-ten-dramatic-alpine-roads-in-europe/
https://www.revistaitransporte.com/the-highway-that-tamed-the-mountain/
https://www.businessinsider.com/europe-best-roads-drive-2017-7
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/scenic-road-trips-around-the-world
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Marrakesh-Safi_earthquake
https://www.gdacs.org/report.aspx?eventtype=EQ&eventid=1390643
Some countries are better prepared for earthquakes than others.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/9/where-in-morocco-did-the-earthquake-strike
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Marrakesh-Safi_earthquake#Impact
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-66759069
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/magnitude-7-earthquake-strikes-morocco-gfz-2023-09-08/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Morocco
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Earthquakes+in+Morocco
https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/star-trek-day
From a 1960s TV series with a limited budget to big TV and movie productions.
https://trekmovie.com/2023/09/08/star-trek-and-kid-cudi-launching-new-boldly-be-campaign/
https://www.space.com/star-trek-day-september-2023
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Star_Trek_films#The_Next_Generation_films
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Star_Trek_films#Reboot_(Kelvin_timeline)_films
https://fortune.com/2023/09/06/electric-zoo-ezoo-edm-festival-crowd-surge-fyre-festival-astroworld
https://uproxx.com/life/electric-zoo-2023-photo-gallery
https://electriczoo.com/festival-info/venue Many people feel that things could have gone much better at the Electric_Zoo.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Zoo#Electric_Zoo_2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJYB8uxnb1w
London and Paris Compared https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Gts0T8bSh4
Why Paris Is Strangely Designed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ly4Hxb-WJ4
The Grand Paris Express - Europe's Largest Transport Project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I80rRK8Fd8
The Experimental Metro Line Left Unopened Under A Paris Suburb https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWxESIzJhCU A lot of cities have incomplete or hidden infrastructure.
London and NYC are economic and cultural rivals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg_LDh1Pw30
Why London Is Insanely Well Designed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yObbz8H2f0
NYC is clearly one of its international rivals.
If there was ancient life on Mars, perhaps some of it was also on Earth.
https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/traces-ancient-ocean-discovered-mars/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panspermia#Interstellar_or_interplanetary
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directed_panspermia
In a way, the movie Life_(2017_film) is like a contemporary story about intelligent organic matter from Mars migrating to Earth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_(2017_film)#Plot
Of course The_Thing_(1982_film) is also a story about a hostile ET life form crashing on earth, but a very long time ago.
Horror_Express (1972) is another fascinating agressive ET on Earth story.
"The extraterrestrial has been stranded on Earth for millions of years. It kills passengers with specific knowledge that could help it build a new spaceship. Eventually, Cossack Captain Kazan stabs and shoots Mirov. With Mirov dying, Pujardov, believing the creature to be Satan and having pledged allegiance to it prior, allows it to possess him." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horror_Express#Plot
Quatermass_and_the_Pit_(film) is an interesting story. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quatermass_and_the_Pit_(film)#Plot
https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/24796/five-million-years-to-earth/#overview
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230907-lab-grown-human-embryos-offer-new-research-hope
There is always a potential dark side to any technology.
https://www.britannica.com/place/New-York-City/Growth-of-the-metropolis
Big things have small beginnings.
https://www.rockefellercenter.com/art/prometheus/
https://www.rockefellercenter.com/magazine/arts-culture/prometheus-sculpture-story-rock-center/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus_(Manship)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockefeller_Center
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockefeller_Center#Buildings
Why New York City is so Huge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McLgpck2i7A
The REAL Reason New York Is Successful https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUztwIWKuBM
The theory of Panspermia is very interesting.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directed_panspermia
What if the earth is like someone's laboratory, farm or garden?
That might be the case on some other worlds as well.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/burning-man-festival-exodus-set-start-through-drying-mud-2023-09-04
Perhaps this will be a rougher and tougher festival in the desert than in other years.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/burning-man-exodus-festival-death-b2404772.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_Man#Theme_camps
There are always some people that would like to impose their NO FUN AGENDA, because they can't stand the idea that a bunch of young people and people young at heart, would want to have a very good time. Of course there should always be a good level of respect for people and pets and safety in general.
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Burning+Man+festival
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Cities+in+the+Desert
Two major telescopes in Hawaii and Chile and a handful of smaller observatories have been offline for weeks following an apparent cyberattack https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hackers-target-telescopes-forcing-them-to-pause-operations-180982831
There is a mad rush to have almost everything linked to digital systems. The more things that can be digitally interconnected makes for a better global collapse, some day. There should always be backup and redundancy systems. Otherwise, there will be a lot more unnecessary global chaos.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Equalizer_3
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Equalizer#Film_series
https://collider.com/the-equalizer-production-history
3 actors have played The_Equalizer, so far.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Equalizer#Television_series
There was a time when Russell_Crowe could have played the Equalizer, especially after making his Robin Hood film.
https://screenrant.com/russell-crowe-equalizer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hood_(2010_film)#Critical_reception
Although some people didn't like to see Russell_Crowe as Robin+Hood, he did a pretty good job.
