It’s impossible to speak of American history without reference to the life of the farmer. It formed the basis for the belief in freedom itself, the conviction that a family can provide for itself through hard work.
The Spirit of Agronomy Read Journal Article
The battle we kicked off with the Great Barrington Declaration is hardly over. Make no mistake: it’s the ideas held in the public mind that drives this narrative of history, not ultimately industrial profits and not government power.
The Coup, the Calamity, and the Conspiracy Read Journal Article
A bodyoid’s value for science and medicine lies precisely in what it would be, which is not a zombie, not a dead person, not a mannequin that mimics the human form. It would be a profoundly disabled human being.
Zombie Bioethics Read Journal Article
We are more disconnected than ever before and we have lost our ability to communicate with each other. And yet our destruction is well masked in the pretence of progress and unity.
Babel Moments Read Journal Article
I didn’t want to feed my soul into a machine. That was my instinct when AI tools started appearing everywhere – not concern about jobs, but something deeper. These tools promise to make us smarter while making us more dependent.
AI, Inevitability, and Human Sovereignty Read Journal Article
Many aspects of human biology are not well understood, and human beings are much more complicated than computers and other man-made systems. At present (and for the foreseeable future), humans are far beyond any technocrat’s ability to manipulate or control safely.
Michael Crichton’s Unheeded Warning of Biotechnology Catastrophe Read Journal Article
There is nothing “scientific” about enshrining raw vitality and bare life as our highest goods, at the expense of all other human and spiritual goods. Likewise, there is nothing “scientific” about ignoring such universal human goods as family, community, and God.
Follow the Scientism Read Journal Article
Geoengineering in the form of modifying the weather happens. It can save decimation of farmer livelihoods by mitigating droughts, and it can risk the global food supply by reducing crop growth.
Geoengineering and Flights of Fancy Read Journal Article
What would happen if the weights got into the “wrong hands” and people started to be targeted intentionally? There can be no probable cause when using AI targeting systems, but would it even matter? What if probable cause was made up?
To Share Weights from Neural Network Training Is Dangerous Read Journal Article
Medicine must learn to operate in a VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity) world. The recognition of the importance of this is beginning, but it must be added to the clinical competencies at every step in the education of health professionals.
Embracing Ambiguity and Outliers in a VUCA World Read Journal Article
Creating human substitutes with AI is technically clever and somehow deeply pathetic. More so when effort is made to convince us it is better than the real thing. Many will fall for it, and in the process, degrade humanity itself.
Reclaiming the Beauty of the Spheres Read Journal Article
Most people hear ‘modern slavery’ and picture trafficking victims or sweatshop workers—suffering that’s clearly visible, obviously wrong. What if the most effective slavery in history isn’t hidden—but public, celebrated, and defended by the very people it enslaves?
The Modern Slave Read Journal Article
