In the dimming light of the present age, where the machinations of thought are corralled and guided not by the wisdom of the ancients nor by the unyielding laws of nature, but by the flickering screens and silent algorithms of our own creation, there emerges a quiet foreboding. A sense of something lost amidst the…
Tag: Illusion
Everything is Astroturfed
Let’s face it: we live in an era where destruction is the new construction. Everything that’s built – from our political systems to our smartphones – seems designed to break down, morally or mechanically. Why? Because those who control the levers of power are about as capable as a screen door on a submarine. They…
AI Gonna Hurt
In the great swath of existence, in the silent hinterlands of the heart, lies the paradox of love. It stands at the crossroads of the human condition, a keen edge cutting both ways. The weight of love, the full gravity of it, can’t be comprehended without an openness to the rending of oneself. To be…
Utopian Masquerades
In the grand marketplace of political ideas, democracy has long positioned itself as the ultimate bastion of freedom, justice, and progress. Yet, a closer examination of its mechanisms reveals a system built on the art of deception, where politicians entice the masses with tantalizing fantasies only to leave them with the bitter taste of disappointment….
Honking the Horn
Trapped in your vehicle, made stuck by semi conscious droids. There’s nothing you can do to change the situation you are in. Honk! You lay on the horn to signal your impotent fury. Those around hear it but neither react nor change awareness. Your noises achieve nothing but you feel you have let others know…
Education Illusion
Universities have been forced to online classes, which students quickly see through as being just someone talking while giving links to documents and videos to consume. There’s maybe a hundred dollars of value there in curation, but not $50,000 a semester. Was all education always just self-education with a mediocre life coach? Many thought highly…