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The Promethean Future of AI

The Promethean Future of AI

“In the eyes of dialectical philosophy, nothing is established for all times, nothing is absolute or sacred.” -Marx We live in the midst of a dangerously false dialectic, funneled into choosing between alternatives that are in fact fundamentally...
The Dark Wilderness of the Future

The Dark Wilderness of the Future

One of the astonishing aspects of the work of Joseph Conrad is that he writes with such awareness of both inward dialogue and discourse between people, and by extension, of towns and civilization, with such familiarity that they convey a certain civility and...
American Colossus

American Colossus

“In the thought of tomorrow there is a power to upheave all the creeds of the nations, and marshal thee to a heaven which no epic dream has depicted. Every man is not so much a workman in the world, as he is a suggestion of the (which) he should be. Men walk as...
Born of Chaos

Born of Chaos

“But for Zeus I care less than nothing. Let him do his will…” -Prometheus. Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound Dictatorship, Totalitarianism and Conformity Totalitarianism is different from primitive dictatorship. Dictatorships are destroyed by decapitating a regime....
Prometheus, the Original Mineral

Prometheus, the Original Mineral

“In the beginning was the Word, and the word was with God and the word was God.” -John 1:1 A Priori The logos. The original intent. The primordial sense for beauty; a priori and non-contingent. Each of us possess this quality. It is the internal generator of the image...
War on Metacognitive Integrity, Part I

War on Metacognitive Integrity, Part I

In undergraduate studies, I had the privilege of attending lectures by Professor Bryan Mark Rigg, a military historian and author. He posed a valuable question on the role of religiosity in warfare. The question is always relevant. But as the United States...