Jon WardConspiracy Theorists, I’m Sorry: It’s Worse Than You Think.Oh, but isn’t it bad enough already?7 min read·Jul 16, 2023----
Jon WardNatural Artifice: Reflections on the AI ConundrumThinking about AI is like rubbernecking a car crash. The topic has a weirdly hypnotic character. It seems we can’t get our heads around it…4 min read·Apr 10, 2023----
Jon WardUntying Lacan: Science, Poetry and PsychoanalysisNo matter if you haven’t read Jacques Lacan, or heard of him. What I’ll share here doesn’t depend on that. I’m taking a moment to untangle…8 min read·Mar 16, 2023----
Jon WardA Playlist: Information, Materialism and the AfterlifeWhen I was very young I was captivated by a melody. You can easily find it on Spotify: the opening bars of Brahms’ second violin sonata…5 min read·Nov 8, 2022----
Jon WardThe Sanctity of (Pure) LifeMany commentators have noted an irony in the almost simultaneous decisions by the US Supreme Court in June of 2022 to negate abortion…5 min read·Nov 4, 2022----
Jon WardWhere We Differ: Eight Notes to My Republican Friends“My Republican friends” could have a phony, even sarcastic, ring. But here it is meant. I have true friends on a dramatically different…9 min read·Oct 27, 2022----
Jon WardToxic Certainty: A Brief InvestigationAt the request of someone I greatly respect, I watched an episode of Steve Bannon’s podcast, The War Room (do not try this at home). To set…12 min read·May 29, 2022----
Jon WardThe Banality of PredationIn Amsterdam, I met a one-armed homeopath. The other arm had been eaten by a crocodile. But I digress: it is human horror in our faces…5 min read·Apr 10, 2022----
Jon WardRisky Business: Beyond Good and EvilThe Ukraine war is framed as a battle between good and evil, between a heroic victim and a monstrous villain, between David and Goliath…4 min read·Mar 8, 2022----
Jon WardSizing Up Your ThoughtsIf you imagine your mind as a room that’s furnished with your own ideas and perceptions, you’ll notice a rather obvious feature. Some of…2 min read·Jan 4, 2021----
