The Tree in the Road
Can a tree block the path of progress?
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05, 2018
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23
10, 2017
Allowing the crowd to guide the ethical path, in AI (Futurism)
Can the crowd make ethical decisions better than the individual?
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06, 2017
The Worry-Fencer: the roots and restlessness of our present time.
Tracing the source of our restlessness, in dialogue.
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05, 2017
Stories and histories of science
Our scientific knowledge relies on narratives, which shift over time.
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02, 2017
The lily and the river
The lily and the river: how much do we presume about our knowledge of the future, and how firmly rooted is our knowledge of our origins? Two fables from Renaissance scientists and polymaths: The lily set itself on the bank of the river Ticino, and the current swept away both the bank and the lily. Leonardo da [...]
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11, 2015
The Oak
The angry north wind proved its strength one stormy night on a noble oak tree. Now it stood racked, and a great many lower branches lay shattered under it. A fox, which had its hollow nearby, saw it the next morning. "What a tree!" it exclaimed. "I would have never thought it was so large!" Gotthold [...]
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10, 2015
The peasant and the vine
Seeing how useful the vine was, the peasant supported it at a height with many props. Then, once he had harvested its grapes, he raised the stakes and let it fall, building a fire with the props. Leonardo da Vinci, Fables
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10, 2015
Rabbits and hares
The rabbit said to the hare: "Hey there, you're always doing nothing and sleeping. Are you doing that in order to appear contemplative?" "And you," the hare said, "are you doing nothing by always working?" The rabbit replied, "As long as both of us, therefore, wish to appear to have little leisure, we follow our natures. It [...]