Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
ursine.
Richard Powers • The Overstory: A Novel
native of Trinidad couldn't easily get into a tent.
Harvey R. Neptune • Caliban and the Yankees: Trinidad and the United States Occupation
The resorts and golf courses and budget luxury—a hotel style first innovated on Tybee Island, Georgia—have creeped up on Sea Island after Sea Island. This was where the forty acres and a mule were promised. And where, after emancipation, the formerly enslaved tried out a collective model of ownership, something that we clunkily call “socialism,” be
... See moreImani Perry • South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
![Thumbnail of Shortwave — rajhesh.panchanadhan@gmail.com [Gmail alternative]](https://shortwaveimages.com/proxy/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstackcdn.com%2Fimage%2Ffetch%2Fw_2912%2Cc_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cq_auto%3Agood%2Cfl_progressive%3Asteep%2Fhttps%253A%252F%252Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%252Fpublic%252Fimages%252F949e68ed-9f0c-47c2-9f12-38155122e288_2156x1212.png)
On August 3, 1804, Humboldt and Bonpland arrived at Bordeaux, causing a great commotion, since their death by yellow fever had been widely reported some time earlier. They had been gone five years. In addition to all their instruments and Humboldt’s journals and record books, they had brought with them “forty-two boxes, containing an herbal of six
... See moreDavid McCullough • Brave Companions
A matter of choice: People and possibilities in the age of AI
The 2025 Human Development Report explores the intersection of artificial intelligence and human development, emphasizing the importance of people's choices in shaping equitable outcomes amid technological advancements.
hdr.undp.orgUnderstand Where You Live No.41 September 1984
Exploring bioregionalism, Thomas Berry emphasizes sustainable, self-sufficient communities that harmonize human existence with natural systems while critiquing capitalism, colonialism, and centralized urban structures.
thomasberry.org