- Oct 30, 2021
- 7 min
Pondering The Metaverse and Adorable Robotic Dogs
“Now the king of all Egypt at that time was the god Thamus, who lived in the great city of the upper region, which the Greeks call the Egyptian Thebes. To him came [the god] Theuth to show his inventions, saying that they ought to be imparted to the other Egyptians. [...] Thamus said many things to Theuth in praise or blame of the various arts [...] but when they came to the letters, “This invention, O king,” said Theuth, “will make the Egyptians wiser and will improve their
- Oct 26, 2021
- 1 min
Poem: Sunday Walk
Wonders are folded into every corner of the earth In a forest path this morning in the sun I saw the hand of the wind clean the trees of last night's rain and then disappear The shadowed meadows turned merry a moment and then cold again in gloom And the jays shot beautifully across the woods and yelled conceits to no good end And I sit under blue heaven with its big white ships drifting as one to happier battles beyond my sight I have always been too small for this My head hu
- Oct 4, 2021
- 7 min
Variations on a Theme of: Free Will
In the dreamy realms of amateur philosophy, when it becomes clear that an answer to a Big Question about life is not forthcoming, it is usual to re-frame the question in terms of why it interests us. This is something we do so that, even absent the hope of solving the matter, we can continue to meander about our own minds, probe and quarrel with other meanderers, and generally avoid cleaning our houses, paying bills, or doing laundry. And it is in that spirit that I reflect o
