Philosophical Dialogues, Why do we feel?, Hunter and Bain, Jake Jackson

Dialogues | Why Do We Feel?

Hunter and Bain are sitting at their favourite cafe in Greenwich Village , New Manhattan, on the corner of Bleecker Street. Bain rests his coffee, and from afar notices a child trip on her own feet. He sees the mother, or at least what might be an A.I. Carer, pull the little girl upright, ignoring the urgent pleas for sympathy. …

Philosophical Dialogues, Why do we need Names?, Hunter and Bain, Jake Jackson

Dialogues | Why Do We Need Names?

Hunter and Bain have returned to a cafe at the edge of New Manhattan, overlooking the Hudson Bay. Just beneath the deep waters, eyeless creatures neither seen nor imagined in the original New York lurk amongst the hordes of artificial life, suffering the curse of wordless empathy. Bain nods at the single-eyed A.I. who brings the coffees to the table. …

Philosophical Dialogues, Is this a dream?, Hunter and Bain, Jake Jackson

Dialogues | Is this all a Dream?

Hunter and Bain sit quietly outside a 24-hour café on All Saints Road, in Portobello, reflecting the events of the past few days. Hunter’s restless mind seeks through the meta-universe for dissonance, the tell-tale signs of disorder that drive his actions. Bain, a rueful specimen of humanity slumps opposite his fellow traveller, exhaustion sitting heavily behind his eyelids as he …