Philip K Dick was born on the 16th of December in 1928. So, he would have been eighty-seven today. He was brilliant and mad as a hatter. I suspect his ability to see things sidewise was connected to these two things. Among his most salient observations, one that I keep in mind a lot, is “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.” Although I have to admit his advice “Don’t try to solve serious... Read more