A talented, inventive Britsh folk-rock band who peaked in the early 70’s called Pentangle, and who loved delving deeply into centuries-pld folklore to uncover material to interpret…
A Conversation Overheard Near the Moon
Love Of A Life
Overcoming The World
I don’t believe or disbelieve these things. Those kinds of stances towards such lofty happenings seem demeaning and facile and dismissive to me. Rather, I sense that there is truth in them. And accept the burden of working upon ‘self’ to evolve matters such that more is gradually illuminated. This feels like a personal responsibility to me. I wouldn’t call it religion; that obscures the reality.
“…for I have overcome the World.” — John 16:33
“Fragmentation Creation Events”?
At 50
Seeing One’s Seeing
The Tyranny of Neighborhoods
Maybe it’s really true that only 2 kinds of people exist… they who see dandelions as delightful and they who regard them as an eyesore.
Heritage
Our birth is a question vast beings are asking; Our life is the eloquence of our guileless reply.
Gender, Athletic Competition, & AI Chess
A recurring idea from Jaron Lanier (“You Are Not A Gadget” – 2010) goes like this: “It isn’t really a question of whether AI can get smarter than humans. It is more whether humans will collectively (unconsciously) agree to make themselves stupid enough to descend to the same level as artificial intelligence”. I’ve paraphrased but you get the idea. What does this have to do with the social debate over transgender athletes?
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