Megan J. Robinson

The Ghibli AI trend is a perfect microcosm:

1. The raw content (images) is easily reproducible and has minimal intrinsic value


2. The context (who shares it, how it's framed, which platforms amplify it) creates the actual economic and social value


3. The creators of the original style (Studio Ghibli) receive some value through "increased interest" while

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Having purpose provides the focus for that meaning. But effectuating that meaning, putting it into practice, bringing it to life, requires two difficult diagnostic steps. First, since most people have multiple important purposes, clarifying your priorities among them is essential in giving you the focus this work requires. Clarifying your

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The principle “Life cannot be delegated” is simply a guidepost.5 It keeps before us the possibility that we might, if we are not careful, delegate away a form of life that is full and whole, rewarding and meaningful. We ought to be especially careful in the cases where what we delegate to a device, app, agent, or system is an aspect of how we... See more

Mumford’s claim is a provocation for us to consider what might be essential to a life that is full and whole, one in which we might find meaning, purpose, satisfaction, and an experience of personal integrity. This form of life cannot be delegated because by its very nature it requires our whole-person involvement. And by delegation, I take Mumford... See more

we are starved for personal relationships but we are simultaneously discouraged from nurturing them, de-skilled in the relevant habits, and sold inadequate substitutes in their place.

This gesture of turning aside appears in many of Thomas’s poems and reveals much about his poetic vision. There are three elements to this motif of turning: The first is that turning aside brings us “within listening distance” of the ineffable, whether that be the Welsh landscape, other people, or God himself. Second, as in “A Bright Field,”... See more

the figure of the “ wise fool ”— alternatively, the paradoxical notion that the fool may be wise and that the wise may be foolish — has a long and distin-guished pedigree, not only in the Christian tradition (e.g., the “ fool in Christ ” or the “ fool for Christ ’ s sake ” ) but also in other religions (e.g., the Sufi majzub and the Hindu avadhuta... See more