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  • Boccaccio's DeCameron - Escaping the chaos and living rightly again!

    Boccaccio's DeCameron - Escaping the chaos and living rightly again!
    2026/04/06

    In his The Decameron, written in 1353, Giovanni Boccaccio responded to the devastation of the Black Death by imagining a small group of young people who flee plague-ridden Florence and escape to the countryside. Can this be made relevant today? ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human
    https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

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    16 分
  • Hegel and Plato - The Problem of Democracy

    Hegel and Plato - The Problem of Democracy
    2026/03/30

    In their own ways, both Hegel and Plato criticize democracy. But their criticisms might be useful because they can push us to identify some of democracy’s vulnerabilities and get us to see how it is it might be improved.... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human
    https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/


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    16 分
  • Simone Weil - Gravity, Grace and Love!

    Simone Weil - Gravity, Grace and Love!
    2026/03/23

    Simone Weil was a French philosopher and mystic! ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human
    https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

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    6 分
  • The Great Gatsby, CARELESSNESS and AI

    The Great Gatsby, CARELESSNESS and AI
    2026/03/23

    A major theme in Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is carelessness. It's more relevant than ever today... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human
    https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

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    17 分
  • The Rise of the Emoticons

    The Rise of the Emoticons
    2026/03/19

    Are emoticons and emojis as benign as they seem? ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human
    https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

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    9 分
  • Kaufman's The Faith of a Heretic - The dissent that keeps knowledge alive!

    Kaufman's The Faith of a Heretic - The dissent that keeps knowledge alive!
    2026/03/13

    Walter Kaufman was a German-American philosopher. Let's see what he has to say about intellectual heresy! ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human
    https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

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    14 分
  • The Personal Journals of Camus and Kierkegaard!

    The Personal Journals of Camus and Kierkegaard!
    2026/03/07

    The philosophers Kierkegaard and Camus left us more than just their formal works! Let's explore their private journals! ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human
    https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

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    16 分
  • The Samurai Sword and AI

    The Samurai Sword and AI
    2026/03/07

    In wielding our dangerous technology, we could learn from the Samurai.

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    7 分