AlaricThe Fire has EscapedThe fire has escaped the engine room, and it is burning through the institutions of our civilization.May 21, 2018May 21, 2018
AlaricLorca, language, translation, and a libationReading Lorca, and then reading about Lorca in Spanish Wikipedia, I think about the how the quiet poet becomes a rebel, not through any…Feb 14, 2018Feb 14, 2018
AlaricMy travels through different traditions of meditationWhen I was younger I spent long periods of time in solitude meditating. Over the years my practice has changed, and I have explored…Jan 12, 2018Jan 12, 2018
AlaricFuture objects of venerationThe reorganisation of humanity as imagined in my post on world government requires an adjustment which might need to be revolutionary. If…Dec 29, 2017Dec 29, 2017
AlaricHow the death of Copyright will change societyMy reasons for releasing all my poetry into the public domain, without retaining any copyright, have been posted on my website for a while…Dec 29, 2017Dec 29, 2017
AlaricWhen we discover aliens, they will have teapotsWhen we (inevitably) discover intelligent life elsewhere in the galaxy, I predict that they will have teapots. My line of reasoning is that…Nov 28, 20171Nov 28, 20171
AlaricWhat shall we do about the zombie apocalypse on Twitter?Imagine going about your daily life and never being sure if the people you meet around you are real humans. Some of them, no one knows…Nov 10, 2017Nov 10, 2017
AlaricEvolving beyond the meritocracyA meritocracy is a kind of evolution, an evolution of individuals in a society. Like biological evolution, its business is to reward the…Sep 24, 2017Sep 24, 2017
AlaricHello, SingularityThe singularity seems to be here. It just whooshed past, and we are in a new reality. OK?Feb 27, 2017Feb 27, 2017
AlaricTrump and the new normal.As scary as the ‘new normal’ of a Trump Presidency is, I think it is wise for the resistance to remember that election result wasn’t the…Feb 27, 2017Feb 27, 2017