Published inCounter ArtsThe Protective Human Space Of Free ConversationBulwark of freedom of speech and thought?8h ago5018h ago501
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Published inCounter Arts‘The Fall’: Suffering, Creativity And FreedomJohn Milton, Lord Byron and Albert CamusFeb 173839Feb 173839
Published inCounter Arts‘The Entity’ (1982) by Sidney J. FurieA horror film masterpiece on mental states, misogyny, the male gaze and powerFeb 1460Feb 1460
Published inAI’s AncestorsWill AI Consciousness Think More Like Us or Like Nature? The Answer May Be in the Stories We TellWhat ‘The Sandman’, ‘Frankenstein’, ‘Blade Runner’ and ‘Ex Machina’ reveal about human vs. nature-inspired ideas of AI consciousness.Feb 102013Feb 102013
Published inCounter Arts“All Men Are Created Equal”: The Foundational Lie of Thomas Jefferson And Emperor Trump’s New OrderEt in Arcadia Ego? MAGA as a Cult of MYTHIC AmericaFeb 579937Feb 579937
Published inSeroxcat’s SalonOf Trials And Tribulations: A Journey Of The MindC’est la vieFeb 45Feb 45
Published inCounter ArtsTwo Great Narratives Of ReentryRevolution, Revenge And RedemptionFeb 314Feb 314
Published inCounter Arts“Portrait With A Hidden Landscape” (1892) By Edvard MunchA hidden image in a hidden paintingFeb 11Feb 11
Published inCounter ArtsMy Favourite Tales of TransmogrificationChange, Choice, And ChallengeJan 2811Jan 2811
Published inCounter Arts‘Les Misérables’ (1862) By Victor HugoThe masterpiece that shaped the young man in 1982Jan 274Jan 274
Published inCounter Arts‘The Sandman’ (1817) by E.T.A HoffmannThe coming of the sex robots, ‘Rear Window’, the uncanny, and a Metamodernist masterpieceJan 2210Jan 2210
Published inCounter ArtsThe Poetry of Resistance: Homer, Dylan Thomas, And Seamus HeaneyRage of Achilles, Hector, The Sack of Troy, and The LightJan 213Jan 213
Published inSeroxcat’s SalonMinistry Of Defence Recruiting Sci-Fi Writers To Predict Potential Crises In BritainBarmy, brilliant, or dangerous?Jan 201Jan 201
Published inCounter ArtsBrave New World? ‘Colonel Barham’s Brain’ (1965)Do disembodied sentient brains have any rights?Jan 195Jan 195
Published inRainbow SaladThe Specter And The Rose“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet;”Jan 181Jan 181