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It occurred to me today that this, this network is …
in my recent meditation on objects of culture, and their …
i was driving down the west-side highway today, on my …
The following essay will seem a poor answer to the basic question of ‘What is this painting about?’ For what you are about to read is very complex, and unlike the last essay, is written in a dry language that would most likely be classified as philosophical. And I suppose that is true, for what is philosophy but an attempt to use language to pry open the closed doors of perception in order to awaken one to a greater reality?
Thought Experiment:
Imagine human beings 1500 years in the future. …
It occurred to me this morning, while in prayer, that we find ourselves in the same position as the angels did at the time of creation. As God moves forward with the evolution of the machine, and we see this new work of creation rise in our midst, we are caught in the same dilemma as the angels. Do we bow down before this new creature
I was watching an interview with Pierce Brosnan this morning, and he was asked to give advice to young actors, and after he advised against sitting around waiting for the telephone to ring, Matt Lauer agreed saying ‘yeah, he’s treating it less like an actor, and more like a businessman’ and there was a general agreement that this was a virtue, to treat the art as if it were a business.
Every great philosopher is asked to describe two aspects of …
Most thinkers create a division between the human world and …
This is the first 7 minutes of a film I …
The following is an email exchange concerning the prior night’s …
Hey Peeps, well, it’s happening folks, that’s right! The singularity …
After listening to the Terence McKenna talk embedded below I …
Just when you think the rabbit hole couldn’t get any …
Invasion of our privacy is a ‘threat to my security.’ we have to get sensible, we have to find a way to create meaningful dialogue about safety, about the nature of terrorism, and about how to begin trusting each other and building a true community.
