Oct 12
“Nature has no particular goal in view, and final causes are only human fictions.” ~ Baruch Spinoza A few days ago, I was scrolling through my social media feed and came across a post shared by an friend. It was one of those viral, breathless manifestos that regularly circulates online, designed to evoke wholesome awe …
Jul 28
I first saw Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey in college, and while I’ve revisited it over the years, a significant amount of time has passed since my last viewing. I also watched the 1984 sequel, 2010: The Year We Make Contact,though more than a decade has elapsed since I last saw it. With a copy of Arthur C. Clarke’s 2010 novel sitting on my …
Oct 15
All civilizations become either spacefaring or extinct. — Carl Sagan
Aug 28
Human society has been in existence for tens of thousands of years. During the majority of that time, human achievements happened relatively slowly. For the vast majority of those who ever lived, it is likely that they did not experience a true watershed, defining moment of human endeavor. And yet, on July 20, 1969, humanity …
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