2012 - Matthew Mather

Atopia and Armageddon

Seeing as today is the day-to-end-all-days according to the Maya, I thought I'd throw down a little on my ideas regarding Armageddon and how it related to the development of Atopia. As Jarrod Diamond illustrated so effectively in his book “Collapse”, complex societies in the past have almost all collapsed as a result of the [...]

Atopia and Armageddonmatt2018-02-20T07:40:02-05:00

The Phuture this week

This week on PhutureNews featured some interesting headlines from all walks of life. In 2053, most of the residents of the East Coast of the United States suffered temporary amnesia when their cloud memory providers and brain firmware providers' updates were botched. Unsettlingly, in Wyoming in 2022 the first human sacrifices to videogame gods are [...]

The Phuture this weekmatt2018-02-20T07:40:02-05:00

You are already part machine – proprioperception

I’ve had many readers who have wanted more detail on my idea of how humans and machines will merge. It seems farfetched, but I have news for you all. You are already part machine. Let me explain. One of the central goals of my novel Atopia was to tell the story of of humans and [...]

You are already part machine – proprioperceptionmatt2018-02-20T07:40:02-05:00

In defense of my “indie” brothers and sisters

The book market has radically changed in the past few years, and I am not going to rehash all the amazing stats and how people don't need to get a publisher anymore. That was so last week. This has led to a flood of "indie" authors going out and publishing their own work. After all, [...]

In defense of my “indie” brothers and sistersmatt2012-10-15T01:31:00-04:00

Could a special brain cell be responsible for sense of self?

Some interesting research has come up in the past few months regarding the little known Von Economo Neurons (VENs). These big, fat neurons have long stood out from the rest, but recent news seems to indicate they help build the rich inner life of self and form the basis for social relationships. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spindle_neuron Sounds a [...]

Could a special brain cell be responsible for sense of self?matt2012-10-04T01:26:22-04:00

When will electric cars outsell gas powered ones again?

So when will electric cars again outsell gar powered ones in the future? Whenever it is, it wouldn't be the first time electric cars have outsold gasoline powered cars. In fact, the first “cars” were electric, some of the first constructed by New England inventor Thomas Davenport in 1834, and up until 1900, electric cars [...]

When will electric cars outsell gas powered ones again?matt2018-02-20T07:40:02-05:00

You are more than you eat

Louis Pasteur discovered that bacteria and germs in our environment causes disease. This must have come as something of a shock to the denizens of Victorian-era drawing rooms, to discover that they were literally crawling with little bugs, but probably not as much of a shock to East Enders. Following this shock to their system, [...]

You are more than you eatmatt2012-09-28T01:28:59-04:00

Being a best seller on Amazon…

Last week the Atopia Chronicles, a compilation of six novellas and books, went to #1 on Amazon sci-fi/high tech, and #6 on all of science fiction. It was only topped by the Game of Thrones juggernaut, which, as one of my readers helpfully suggested, isn't really science fiction, so I was really at the top [...]

Being a best seller on Amazon…matt2018-02-20T07:40:02-05:00