Meditations: What AI Can Never Do Is What Human Beings Must Now Do
AI is threatening to destroy human neural potential and turn us into servants or cyborgs, and the only way to remain in charge of AI is to gain insight into our... Read more.
Meditations: The Context Isn’t Our Nations, But Our Humanity
The world is facing a polycrisis of war, environmental destruction, and AI, and the current establishment is failing to adequately address these challenges due to... Read more.
Meditations: There Is No Such Thing As ‘My Consciousness’
Michael Pollan's view of consciousness hygiene is criticized for reinforcing alienation and failing to address the underlying causes of the crisis of human consciousness,... Read more.
Meditations: War Boiled Down to Its Essence
The US and Israel are waging a war of choice on Iran, which is being fueled by the apathy and self-absorption of the American people, and could lead to a future... Read more.
Meditations: Meditation Means Ending ‘The Observer Effect’
Through meditation, one can gain insight into the illusion of the self and the movement of thought, and experience a state of stillness, silence and emptiness.... Read more.
Meditations: The Illusion of Time and the Imperative of Being Present
Astronomers use telescopes to look back in time and observe stars and galaxies as they were millions and billions of years ago, suggesting that the universe does... Read more.
Meditations: What Will It Take to Change Course?
The United Nations is on the verge of collapse due to the Trump Administration's self-serving "Board of Peace" and the US's failure to pay its dues, while European... Read more.
Meditations: The Limits of Localism
Localism, while understandable, is a counterproductive response to the planetary ecological and socio-political crisis, as it emphasizes the parts before the whole... Read more.
Meditations: It’s Not ‘Us vs. Them’; It’s Humans vs. Nature
The current ecological crisis is exacerbated by the "us vs. them" mentality and the rapacious global capitalistic system, which is perpetuated by the tyranny of... Read more.
Meditations: From Courage on the Podium to Cowardice of a Potus
From winning a gut-check 400 meters under the watchful eye of 1968 Olympic coach Payton Jordan to recalling Tommie Smith and John Carlos’ brave podium protest,... Read more.