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Cultural deviation does not return us to the past, but continues what was begun and not finished in the past. Societal convention, on the other hand,

Culture isn’t stagnating; it’s evolving in ways that we’re struggling to recognize and appreciate. The challenge lies not in reviving what’s dead, but

“Only that which can change can continue.”

I do not take for granted, not for one millisecond, the open source com­po­nents and sample code that made this project pos­sible. In the 21st cen­tur

to be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing.

Joe Brainard’s New Year poem “1970,” quoted in  Ron Padgett’s biography: 1970 is a good year if for no other reason than just because I’m tired of com

This will change in the future, but if we are evidence based, the data so far is that the real harms of AI are almost nil, while the imagined harms ar

Successful artists, musicians and other creatives have a similar dilemma. Their fans want more of what they did to reach their success. They want them

Upper-case, disruptive Creativity discovers or creates new areas to be creative in. It alters the landscape. Most everyday base creativity is filling

But every now and then an upper-case, disruptive jump occurs, creating a whole new genre, a new territory, or a new way to improve. Instead of increme

My LLM use for writing: I do all the typing on my own. Sometimes if I can’t come up with the right word, I explain what I mean to Claude and get a few

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Frequently Asked Questions - 11:11 The Divine Mindset

There’s a line in the Oedipus Tyrannus which I translated, where Tiresias the prophet says “Damn, damn. How terrible it is to understand where underst

Alex Dobrenko`, writer of Both Are True , writes from a place of honesty and vulnerability, and has some of the most honest takes on being a father th

Essay Architecture is about the formal analysis of a piece. It’s not about a personal, cultural, or moral analysis of a piece, but, it does suggest

If you want to start a writing habit, don’t start with essays. Write paragraphs. Shaping and editing essays from a cold start is quite hard. Instead,

1. Proof of Patronage

“Nothing beats nature. There are no laws and I’m the king.” — My grandfather.