Hieronymous Bosch’s painting, Ship of Fools, reminds us of the lessons shared in Plato’s Republic’s “Ship of Fools.” An allegory where the ship is a metaphorical representation of the democratic state that is being maneuvered by “blind souls” who cannot fixate their eyes on “absolute truths”; nor do they have…

The New American Revolution Needs Moral Cyborgs — The Garden of Earthly Delights Is the Madness of Our Civilization Hieronymous Bosch’s painting, The Garden of Earthly Delights, I interpret as the three epochs of humanity: God’s intended tranquility of humanity’s state of nature (left), the chaos of humanity in the advent of technological luxury (center), and the eventual destruction of nature as it is sacrificed to the whims of…

Neoliberalism’s Consent Without Our Consent The current neoliberal order thrives on selling everyone the American Dream, while devising a superstructure that captures us in a false consent of undertaking crushing debt in order to attend the “best” colleges that will boost our marketability in the capitalist order. We are in…

She smiled with the angst of a thousand lives Of solitude and shadow Of grim and sin Of love for a moment that never could have been To touch a…

It’s time to be free. I would like to use this space to speak about the value of respect, and its importance in our dealings with each other. Respect is in itself a very scary thing. …

“The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.” –Albert Einstein Towards a More Human form of Teaching and Learning Robert Greene’s Mastery (2014) teaches us the value of investing in the rigorous art of honing our talents in order to fulfill our “Life’s Task.” Embedded in his concept of “Life’s Task” operates on a rather cosmic assumption that our souls are delivered into the world with a…

Reading Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha while watching Ali Wong’s Beef I spent last weekend watching Ali Wong’s Beef, as I was reading Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha. Siddhartha is a coming of age story about a young man from a Brahmin family, the highest echelons of the Hindu caste. The caste of privilege…

From the Diaries of the Traveling Black Writer April 16, 2023 An intense fear of freedom encapsulates and embodies our great American sensibilities. We are lulled into submission to our internal desires to seek comfort in the values that protect our comfort. Coddling what is comfortable is both a luxury…

It is time for Elite Higher Education Institutions to Reclaim It’s Soul. The first time I met a computer I was 12. It was a time when computers were scarce, and being on AOL Instant Messenger meant that no one else at home could use the telephone lines. It was…