Author Archives: Damien Walter

So. The major reason that the “Deckard is a Replicant” matter confuses many fans of the movie is that much of Blade Runner is told by implication. Firstly, Nexus replicants are identical to humans in every regard, including genetics. That’s why the empathy test is required. Secondly, if replicants live long enough they also developContinue reading “Yes, Deckard is a Replicant”

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz was a German mathematician, scientist, philosopher, diplomat and theologian (which will become important to the story) and owner of many fabulous wigs. Or what we would today call a polymath. Leibnitz became curious about numbers. If there were 10 base numbers because humans have ten fingers, what would have happened if weContinue reading “The ancient book of wisdom at the heart of every computer”

Writing for The Guardian about science fiction was a mixed blessing. One of my small number of “haters” likes to claim I must have had “connections”. The truth is I argued my way into The Guardian, starting from the comment section, until the editors invited me to contribute “above the line”, all driven by myContinue reading “The ancient book of wisdom at the heart of every computer MEMBER PREVIEW”

Among the things I’ve done to pass 45 years on planet Earth is spend 10 of those years reasearching…story. One outcome of that research was my course The Rhetoric of Story, which now has over 50k students worldwide. Another outcome is my small consultancy working with a select set of businesses on brand storytelling. It’sContinue reading “Brand = Product + ?”

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