https://livesteven.com/2026/09/18/as-i-said-in-an-earlier-blog-some-books-say-we-are-already-switching-lives-with-a-fictional-character-in-order-to-survive-the-absolute-best-and-most-comprehensive-writing-of-our-time-must-ask-a/Steve_Bamlett_blogen2026-09-18T08:09:08+00:00As I said in an earlier blog, some books say we are already switching lives with a ‘fictional character’ in order to survive. The absolute best and most comprehensive writing of our time must ask, as Marlon James allows his characters to do, ‘Why am I writing this shit?’ Is it because our characters switch to fictional form so often? This is a blog on Marlon James (2026) ‘The Disappearers’.dailyprompt, books, book-review, fiction, reviews, lgbtq, booker-2026, dailyprompt-2888, marlon-james, the-disappearershttps://livesteven.com/2026/09/17/life-hacks-is-yet-another-example-of-itself-a-way-of-pretending-to-understand-a-more-complex-explanation-of-the-process-by-which-human-understanding-of-a-problem-and-its-solution-is-reached-and-i/Steve_Bamlett_blogen2026-09-17T09:01:30+00:00‘Life-hacks’ is yet another example of itself, a way of pretending to understand a more complex explanation of the process by which human understanding of a problem and its solution is reached and implemented. It is also perhaps a ‘democratisation’ of that understanding, – creating a term more clearly understood by more people in a rising generation.dailyprompt, writing, psychology, ai, technology, dailyprompt-2896, heuristics, life-hacks, cognitive-miser