In a recent radio interview, biologist and writer Rob Dunn suggested that certain microorganisms have domesticated humans for millennia, changing human DNA and behavior for the benefit of those organisms. From that perspective, even though we think of ourselves as the dominant species on the planet,…
Blog posts September 2025
AI exposes our false sense of omnipotence and our rejection of fragility
The more we delegate to AI and related technologies what until very recently was something strictly human, the more we reveal our own fragility—usually hidden behind a false sense of omnipotence, masked by grand words like “progress” or “future,” now meaningless.
In fact, at a recent conference, …
Reality Deceives Us at Every Moment with False Self-imposed Narratives
Recently, I had the opportunity to visit a building in the Colorado mountains, originally built about 150 years ago and remodeled in recent months. As I entered, a small but bright, flickering light caught my attention on the far side of the large main hall. I thought it must be an emergency lamp th…
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