Augmented Reality (AR) modifies what we experience in real time. AR tools will soon be everywhere.

Picture this: I wear a pair of AR contact lenses. As I walk along the street I not only see the outer surface of people as I pass them, but a visualization of the data that is associated with them: the data that has been mined by their commercial, workplace, and personal interactions. I have the advantage.

AR is a field of cybernetics. It has the potential to diminish as much as to expand my view of the world.

I ponder on the nature of love.

Love: powerful, positive feelings and actions towards another, or others. More than attraction or desire. The foundation of a life well lived.

With this in mind, The Right to Love is not confined to personal and romantic love, but applies more widely to the right to feel and act with love.

We laugh when agreeably surprised, and we are primed to laugh by the infectious laughter of another.

The pleasure of laughter solidifies the bond between friends, strangers, and loved ones. One of the most beautiful sounds I know is the gentle chuckle of a baby as a parent plays peekaboo.

I do not use humour in my work and ponder why. Perhaps because each time I revisit even the funniest thing I tire a little. In this, beauty and love differ. With these my feelings always grow rather than recede.