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December 7, 2021raymond aron

The Opium of the Intellectuals

Just published with my coauthored contribution. ideologyLiberalismMarxismopium of the intellectualsraymond aron

November 27, 2021stigmergy

Ted Lewis: Engineering Hall of Fame

I’m chuffed to learn of my collaborator Ted Lewis’ recognition — see here. Very much taken by his superb Network Science: Theory and Applications I made contact. Our shared interest in stigmergy found voice in a couple of joint projects: Human-Human Stigmergy and Stigmergy in the Human Domain. I was privileged to read a draft…

November 16, 2021michael oakeshott

Oakeshott’s Countercultural Education

The very excellent Elizabeth Corey. [h]e thought that pursuing worldly achievement was a deeply misguided way to live. Like Montaigne, he ruminated at length about mortality as the fundamental condition for human meaning. Elizabeth CoreyLiberal educationPhilosophy of Education

November 14, 2021philo of alexandria

Philo of Alexandria: an Annotated Bibliography 2007-2016

Another just published volume from the masterful Philonic scholar David Runia. david runiaearly churchhellenismJudaismphilo of alexandria

November 8, 2021Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin Untitled

It’s been fifty years since this album steamrollered in and set the tone for the 70s. One couldn’t put it better than AllMusic. The lascivious swagger of Black Dog is as exciting now as it was when I first heard it all those years ago. “Going to California” is a song that I acted upon…