humanity
transcendent man
An upcoming documentary, Transcendent Man, details the story of Ray Kurzweil’s Singularity: the idea that machines will gain consciousness as a true AI will be developed. At that point, the machines will either help us reach our potential among the stars or enslave us and torture us for fun
a deep physics of finance
The global economic crisis that started in 2008 has summoned a deeper skepticism of the economic mainstream with its corresponding prognostications for endless growth and prosperity. Individuals are starting to question the need to play on the giant wheels of churning money that represented the retirement funds and investments of the past. While I’ve been [...]
money and life trailer
I’m excited to see the movement to reconnect monetary systems with ecological dynamics continue in gaining momentum. The upcoming Money and Life is an excellent example of how people all over the world are beginning to seriously discuss the particular method of money creation we currently use and how it affects our lives. Most importantly [...]
the aliens we’ve been looking for might just be inside us
Graham Hancock is the king of speculation. His books will either convince you there’s a lot more to human history or make you scoff at his possibly outlandish ideas. Regardless, it is damn entertaining. One of the first books I ever bought was his Fingerprints of the Gods (1996) which discussed how anomalies associated with [...]
good job humans, you are starting to figure it out
Not all the members of our species get it yet, but a few do. At the heart of every crisis we currently face is the modern system of education. Our educational model churns out an advanced primate concerned with security and the desire to be important while focusing solely on how to have a good [...]
Berman on the need for authentic experience
I’ve found Morris Berman to be one of the most articulate and lucid commentators on the modern American experience. In a recent blog post, he covers the human need to have authentic experiences, In his autobiography, the psychologist Carl Jung tells the story of a man who comes to him for therapy, apparently at the [...]
the legend and achievement of the Codex Gigas
Sometimes a member of our species accomplishes something so amazing it defies comprehension. The Codex Gigas is one of those cases. A 165 pound, three foot tall Bible which which includes additional books and tracts along with numerous complex drawings and the image of a demonic looking figure. The manuscript includes illuminations in red, blue, [...]
I’ve always been a fan of Earth day…
Hooray for Earth Day!
at last, a realistic vision of the future
The men of affairs who treat the arts as amenities and dismiss philosophies as worthless abstraction, spend their workdays unknowingly mouthing the words of dead philosophers and acting out poems they have not read on the stage of current events. – John Michael Greer If industrial society turns out to have been little more than [...]
another solution to being human
With the converging crises of imminent energy scarcity, environmental degradation, resource depletion and economic insolvency, suddenly I’m recognizing the apogee of our modern civilization may have passed us by a few decades ago. Being on the slope of globalization’s decline as opposed to its ascent or plateau is a precarious position, mainly because the evidence [...]
