We’re Tired. AI Isn’t.
The Left Hand of Darkness — Ursula K. Le Guin
2 + 2 = 5
Counterintuitive. Looking again at fear, doubt, conflict, contradiction, contraries. Riffs... brief reflections. "Without Contraries is no progression." - William Blake ("The Marriage of Heaven and Hell")
Live Last read · last published · next check
Latest posts
What Fatigue Knows
Three O’Clock
Neglected Courage
“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” —William Faulkner, Requiem for a Nun
Before We Know Better
Arguing with Principle
Bound to Be Free
Freedom, n. The power to choose, until choice itself becomes compulsory.
Everybody Means Everybody
And, inconveniently, it includes us.
Against Resolution
The ending was clear until the next thing happened.
The Singularity, Apparently
“The essence of technology is by no means anything technological.” — Martin Heidegger, The Question Concerning Technology
Careless Responsibility
The scandal is not who gets in, but who is invited.
Liberalism and Odysseus
“I wish and long day by day to reach my home, and to see the day of my return.” —Odysseus, in Homer’s Odyssey
Death-Cleaning
The danger in our best.
The Fire, This Time
“What is he doing there?” “He is putting out the fire, Your Excellency.” “Not likely. The fire is in the minds of men, and not on the roofs of houses.” —Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Possessed