Following The Path of Buddhism is the intellectual equivalent of scaling Everest with no clothes on. If you make it, you achieve total naked freedom. But you probably won't make it. Trying to find nirvana terrifies me. But actually finding it scares me even more because nirvana is supposed to be an... READ MORE

At first, I fought. The current swept my feet out from under me and I went flying downriver. I couldn't see anything. I clawed at the water but I couldn't find purchase. I remember thinking that I would get out. I would surface. Then I took in my first gulp of water. I tried to cough it out, but... READ MORE

The day the first A.I. man was murdered was an odd day. It wasn't even violent. The electric-blue eyes in his skin-colored, silicon face went dull and he slumped forward in his chair. Not even a wild beep or strangled death-rattle. A group called First Skin had broken into MachineWorks'... READ MORE