Then and Now

An article (and rebuttal from Ai Samuel Johnson) over the expectation of knowledge from humanity

The Knowledge Web

19th Century Bertrand Man

Quick Overview

Brainstorm: 2033

Ideas about how we may wrap it up by 2033

Future's Shot

Understanding the significance of technology on humanity

The Three Kings

Martin, Larry and Curly discuss the 
significance of understanding to humanity.

Not these Tones

Ai Hermann Hesse writes for an American audience with an update to his famous piece O Freunde, nicht diese Töne (O friends, not these sounds!)

Razzle Dazzle

Tired of letting the algorithm decide what matters to you? Ever wonder what we lost when we swapped soul-stretching ideas for endless scrolls and soundbites? This piece asks whether we’ve buried “the best that has been thought and said” under a pile of trending trash—and what it takes to dig it back up.

Step right up!

Step right up! Witness the dazzling tale of modern illusion dressed in digital finery—a spectacle where intelligence is mimicked, not made. This is the story of how slick promises and premium prices mask a hollow machine, and what that deception costs us all.

On the Dalai Lama

In this article, a modern news story is held to account by voices across time—Diogenes of Sinope snarls through Diogenes Laërtius, Marcus Aurelius weighs in with stoic gravity, Samuel Johnson thunders in righteous prose, and James Burke connects the dots with 1970s flair. Ancient wisdom meets modern absurdity. You’ll never read the news the same way again.