Michael Solana
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The Terrible Truth About “The Dress”
Could it be possible the Blue and Blacks were in some way… different than the Gold and Whites?
The Power Of Science Fiction
What if instead of merely highlighting the horrors of the world, our authors helped us navigate away from them?
Don’t Worry: Stupid People Will Kill Us All Before The Robots Do
If you aren’t working on solving the problems, get out of the way of the people who are.
Cool Pope Vs. The Internet
The benefits of information technology are simply, overwhelmingly, and quite obviously, tremendous. We don’t need to be using it less.
Weaponizing Women FTW
Why is every female superhero expected to comment on ‘women in society’?
Diary Of A Social Justice Activist
The white man allegedly knifed ten people. One of them had to have been black. SJW begins his search for a list of the victims.
Some Books That Make You Better
Look at the world sideways for a little while.
9 Reasons Everyone Is Reading This Book And You Should Too
IT COULD OPEN UP A WORMHOLE THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO ANOTHER GALAXY.
CITIZEN SIM: Cradle Of The Stars, An Excerpt
“What did they say?” asked Mr. Florence. “Benjamin ran a spot scan. This one’s interfacing with the Cradle.” “You’re kidding. The device?”
7 Ways To Tell If Your Boyfriend Is Literally A Killer Robot
Do you own a giant magnet cannon, by any chance?
Your Life Is Probably Just A Videogame (Really)
You guys, I’m not convinced our world is real. If we develop the ability to produce even one simulated reality, we will almost certainly produce more than one.
5 Paradoxes That Will Fuck Your Shit UP
All writers for Thought Catalog are liars.
What Your Pokémon Says About You
It was the most important question of every 10-year-old’s life: Bulbasaur, Squirtle, or Charmander? And more than it would determine odds at achieving one’s goal of becoming the world’s greatest Pokémon master, the Pokémon that you chose to start your journey with whispered certainly of your destiny IRL.
Daenerys Targaryen For President
The difficulties we face in governing the United States of America are multi-faceted, and no ‘one size fits all’ solution will — who am I kidding?
27 Things That Only San Franciscans Know Are Possible
In San Francisco, it is possible to fall asleep in your boss’ ‘sleep pod’ after a pool party that happened inside of his house.
When I am Your Communist Dictator, You Will Have Pinkberry And You Will Have Laser Tag
It’s like you didn’t even attend a small, expensive liberal arts college in the middle of nowhere and talk about Karl Marx from the safety of your rich person fortress.
19 Must-Have #YOLOs For The New Year
I’m reading Les Misérables. In French. #YOLO.
The 2 Qualities People Who Win Their 20s Have In Common
“This is unfortunately not for us” — several hundred editors, publishers, and agents, to me.