Theseus enters the world where the gods themselves have failed to agree. Athens belongs to Athena by decree, but not by consent. She gives the city the olive; Poseidon strikes the rock and leaves salt, horses, and tremor behind. The contest is decided, yet unresolved. The city will bear Athena’s name, but Poseidon does notContinue reading “Theseus”
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Thanksgiving as Strategy
Because they were educated on the West Coast, my children were taught next to nothing about the original colonies beyond the reductionist claim that the Pilgrims were “colonizers,” a word now used less as description than as accusation.[1] They learned to dismiss the charming saccharine gloss of A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving with knowing irony, andContinue reading “Thanksgiving as Strategy”
The Golden Path and the Silicon Limit: How I Learned to Love AI
Frank Herbert’s God Emperor of Dune is not a prophecy about technology but a meditation on necessity. Leto II Atreides sacrifices his humanity to become the immortal worm who rules humankind for 3,500 years. He is a tyrant by his own design and a self-martyr in service of pedagogy. He becomes the embodiment of controlContinue reading “The Golden Path and the Silicon Limit: How I Learned to Love AI”
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