Name culture
I've never quite liked my birth name. It sounds kinda, "bleh." It's been nothing more than a minor bother my whole life, only really coming up when I hear my name. So, a couple months ago I started trying to think of name ideas. Eventually, in a hit of inspiration (shortly after seeing it somewhere, no not 2001: A Space Odyssey, but I should watch that anyway), I came up with Hal, and recently I've started to use it.
Short Story: Peace and Violence
The following original short story contains sensitive topics, including sexual violence. Reader discretion is advised.
A State-Free Society
I still think that as long as there is a way for some man to gain power over another person, they're going to. But if we figure out how to move past that, how would such a society operate?
Boundaries
Region names and political geography in a solarpunk future
Earthships
I was just reading the Solarpunk Wikipedia page and I noticed it mentioned earthships, which I learned about in, I think, 7th grade science class: a house built out of recycled and natural materials which is (almost entirely?) self-sufficient. I then started reading that page too, and now I have some thoughts.
How solarpunk has affected me so far
Welcome to Futurism! I thought it would be nice to start Futurism, my solarpunk-themed gemlog, with a few thoughts about how the ideology of solarpunk has influenced my life and my thinking so far.
Solarport
Here's the tentative design for my future "solarport" (a name I heard used that I think is cool for this type of thing).