Geometry and self-understanding
Geometry can help us realize our true measure.
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02, 2018
30
01, 2018
Science and the superficial life
Can science promote, or impede, the understanding of our higher purpose?
19
01, 2018
Healthcare, healing, and Heidegger (Casey Rentmeester, Medicine, Health Care, and Philosophy)
Philosophy can guide us to better healthcare.
7
01, 2018
The beauty of nature observed in its unfolding.
Beauty in nature is there to be seen, if we have eyes for it.
22
12, 2017
Meditation on the brain (Matthieu Ricard and Wolf Singer, Atlantic)
How meditation alters the way the brain functions.
20
12, 2017
The poet and civilization: why does a poet write, and why does it matter?
Poets write not merely for themselves but more importantly for the world and civilization in which they live.
18
12, 2017
AI and the uncertainty principle (Dave Gershgorn, Quartz)
AI's sure-footed decisions belie the uncertainty embedded in its programming.
12
12, 2017
Rivers of time and change, outside and within
Change over time leads to thoughts of our accepted certainties.
11
12, 2017
The false promises of higher education (Bryan Caplan, Atlantic)
Universities, born in the Middle Ages, appear to have out-lived their usefulness.
19
11, 2017
Language, emotion, and the world around us (David Robson, BBC Future)
Languages, in consort with others, foster emotional awareness.