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Fitzroy Morrissey at Literary Review: Shortly before his death in 1974, R C Zaehner, Spalding Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics at Oxford, observed that young Westerners who had turned
Continue readingThe Fantastical Lives of Ikbal and Idries Shah
Sveta McShane in Singularity Hub: Over the last several decades, the digital revolution has changed nearly every aspect of our lives. The pace of progress in computers has been accelerating, and
Continue readingRay Kurzweil Predicts Three Technologies Will Define Our Future
“From studying 50-plus civil wars and revolutions, it became clear that the single most reliable leading indicator of civil war or revolution is bankrupt government finances combined with big wealth
Marisa Wright at The Millions: In Glynnis MacNicol’s second memoir, I’m Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself, pleasure is political. The narrative follows the weeks MacNicol spent in Paris in late summer 2021
Civilisation is hooped together, broughtUnder a rule, under the semblance of peaceBy manifold illusion; but man’s life is thought,And he, despite his terror, cannot ceaseRavening through century after century,Ravening, raging,
Glenn Ellmers at The New Criterion: Can anyone help us understand the madness afflicting Western civilization? Art, for all its power, is usually better at reflecting or illuminating—rather than explaining—the
Continue readingLeo Strauss’ Published But Uncollected English Writings
Razib Khan at Razib Khan’s Unsupervised Learning: J. P. Mallory, discusses his reaction to the recent preprint The Genetic Origin of the Indo-Europeans. Mallory is the author of In Search
by David Winner at 3 Quarks Daily: Throughout most of my life, I periodically napped in the back sitting room of my parent’s house in Charlottesville, gazing at an enormous
By J. Howard Rosier at Poetry Foundation: The legacy of the deceased may truncate one’s growth, every feeling or decision checked against what ______ would’ve done. Two Minds (W.W. Norton,
Continue reading‘In Two Minds’: Callie Siskel Reflects on the Ghost of Her Famous Father
Leon Vlieger at The Inquisitive Biologist: When it comes to protecting animal species, you would think that conservation biologists, environmental advocates, and animal-loving members of the public are all on
Continue readingWhy Sharks Matter: A Deep Dive with the World’s Most Misunderstood Predator
Adam Shatz at the London Review of Books: When Ariel Sharon withdrew more than eight thousand Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip in 2005, his principal aim was to consolidate
Erica Goode in Undark: AUTHORS DON’T GET to choose what’s going on in the world when their books are published. More than a few luckless writers ended up with a publication