Janeth Canama

screenshot from  https://www.bing.com/covid I had this uncomfortable realization. The map of the coronavirus cases is similar to a brain map of ideas. The red zones would be the most coherent topics, while the rest are scattered. That is, they are not connected to one central theme. It's uncomfortable because I have associated coronavirus with death. And here I am comparing it to idea generation. It's unsettling. But I have to let it out because it's eating at me. I might be interested in neuroscience after all. So whose brain is it? If I take this analogy forward, whose brain is the earth then? And what does it tell us about humans? Maybe we are the virus of the earth . Mother nature is getting rid of us. That's a chilling thought. I need a drink.

So I started watching DEVS as an escapism during home quarantine. For some reason, I haven’t been able to do escapism because of anxiety or guilt that I should be doing something more productive. But anyway, I did. I was intrigued by the premise. When her boyfriend Sergei vanishes after starting a new job at the secretive Devs division of tech company Amaya, software engineer Lily begins to suspect that his disappearance may not be as clear-cut as it seems. The following reactions or observations were made during the first episode. They are my interpretations on what I thought was happening. Some of them proved to be inaccurate as the episode unfolded. But I’m gonna share them anyway. “I'm not going to tell you. I won't need to. Just sit, read the code, take your time. And don't worry, you're gonna figure it out. I know you are.” Forest to Sergei So this part reminded me of open-ended problem solving in mathematics. But now that I think about it, it’s clo...