I can't stop thinking about the theoretical device of the "simulating machine," which is rightly connected to Plato's Allegory of the Cave and the Matrix movies. Apparently, Americans overwhelmingly w...

In many cultures, one's identity is shaped profoundly by their profession, with economic, social, and potentially political aspects deriving from this role in societies. We have inherited these, espec...

Odd title for a man who is pursuing History actively and has a degree in History. In current day affairs, there are common accusations of changing history or even that not learning lessons of history ...

Resentment or Ressentiment? Why not just Live Life as I Will it?

I have asked this person to everyone in my life. It is the ultimate question of authenticity, yet we struggle to discern what exactly life is. Dread accompanies a certain level of authenticity as we k...

No old friend, neither of us have changed much My arm reads my mind, "Thank You, Whatever Comes"

With hair exquisitely dark as an Autumn Dusk And splendid bits of pale moonlight in both thine shining eyes

Silver tarnishes of its own accord Brandish it proudly, for it bears the weight of gold.

It has been quite long enough Ezra Pound Long have I read and imitated you

"Do not mistake the fox for wise my dear, " The old man drawled to his granddaughters' honey'd ears