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Five Centuries of a Forbidden Bible
William Tyndale’s English translation brought the text to ordinary churchgoers.

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Mar 271 min read
AMERICA NEEDS A "TRIMMER"
Some people long for bold, visionary leaders. Others value technocratic expertise. But there’s a third alternative.

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Mar 261 min read
THE BASIC DRIVE THAT HUMANS MIGHT BE LOSING
In a time of AI sex and looksmaxxing, a new book calls on humans to rediscover intimacy.

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Mar 221 min read
The Quiet American: How Pope Leo Is Pushing Back Against U.S. Leadership
Can the low-key pontiff from Chicago make a difference in an era of raw power politics?

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Mar 221 min read
More pondering and posits of consciousness. (UII w/Claude)
DM What is the root and history of the terms: "conscious" and "consciousness?" This is a rich enough question that I can dive straight into it — the etymology runs deep. Let me do a proper research dig into the full linguistic, philosophical, and historical roots. Your research report on the history of "consciousness" is ready. It traces the word's evolution from Latin conscientia(shared guilty knowledge) through its 17th-century philosophical transformation by Descartes, Loc

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Mar 2018 min read
How U.S. Leadership Came to See Moral Purpose in War as Weakness
There's a huge difference between a Department of "Defense," versus a Department of "War." Related: Under scrutiny, finally. Also related

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Mar 121 min read
The Future of Work Includes Mindful Engagement with Religious Diversity
With the rapid integration of AI tools across industries and increasing questions about who and what comprises a workforce, the task of religious inclusion in the workplace persists, perhaps contrary to common assumptions.

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Mar 111 min read
Our Parents Marched in Iran’s 1979 Revolution. They Know the Dangers of Groupthink
Dina Nayeri’s family fled Iran when she was a child. Now, amid an ongoing protest movement during which the regime has killed thousands, she hears echoes of regime talking points seeping into the West.

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Mar 21 min read


Other vantages of the Universal Holopohren™ (UII w/Claude)
DM Good morning! Based on our many prior related conversations, today I'd like to share a differing, perhaps more expansive, perspective of the Universal Holophren™. Attached you'll see: 1) A "hierarchical arrangement" graphic (as opposed to the prior "relational" or integrated view we've discussed extensively); thus consider: 2) How Holoprhrens engage WITHIN Pantakinesis™ , ... but only to the limits of respective "vanishing points; " 3)The various "contexts" of vanishing po

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Mar 113 min read
The Orality Theory of Everything
The decline of reading and the rise of social media are again transforming what it feels like to be a thinking person.

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Feb 231 min read
re: Color ... Another reason for humility (UII w/Claude)
DM Is color foundational, causal and perhaps to be found at the roots of Pantakinesis (as but one form of motion), or is it a "fabricated effect" of our consciousness, perhaps to differentiate experiential phenomena? (There seems to be many incoherent thoughts, and related inherent conflict regarding this topic, ranging from our past and present thinkers and to our classrooms, such as from ancient times to Newton and Goethe to frequency and quantum differentials today.) Yes

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Feb 1946 min read
Unseen billboards. Misused workbenches. (UII w/Claude)
DM Today I want to wander about a bit, so please tolerate what may initially seem as unfocused rambling. To begin, what do you think about Danial Quinn's thoughts, such as those he espoused in "Ishmael" and " Story of B ?" Daniel Quinn is a genuinely provocative thinker, and his work rewards serious engagement even when — perhaps especially when — you ultimately disagree with parts of it. The central move Quinn makes, across Ishmael, My Ishmael, and The Story of B, is to ref

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Feb 1819 min read
Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Leader Who Sought the Presidency, Dies at 84
An impassioned orator, he was a moral and political force who formed a “rainbow coalition” of poor and working-class people. His mission, he said, was “to transform the mind of America.”

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Feb 171 min read
The dimming light of "The Sciences" (UII w/Claude)
Good morning! I've increasing concerns regarding cognitively myopic, limited, narrow and/cloistered phenomena of "The Sciences" within modern societies. Here I refer widespread institutional prejudice, paradigmatic hobbles, reductionist fiefdoms, mathematics worship, overt hubris and empirical tethering, all of which which seems to be failing today's humanity (as to the myriad wastes, needless sufffering/despair and onto dangerous trajectories). There were pre-enlightenment w

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Feb 1316 min read
Goethe enters (UII w/Claude)
DM Related to our prior conversation about "Presence" (Senge, et al), more specifically as relates to Goethe's thought leadership: How does Goethe's extraordinary works correlate with, validate or invalidate my related work; and as so, should his body of work be added to my attention? This is a question that deserves careful, systematic treatment. Let me map the actual architecture of Goethe's thought against your frameworks rather than just touching the surface the way Pres

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Feb 1011 min read
Universal consciousness as foundational field: A theoretical bridge between quantum physics and non-dual philosophy
The nature of consciousness and its relationship to physical reality remain among the most profound scientific and philosophical challenges. This paper presents a novel framework that integrates consciousness with fundamental physics, proposing that consciousness is not an emergent property of neural processes but a foundational aspect of reality. Related: Universal Consciousness as Foundational Field: A Theoretical Bridge Between Quantum Physics and Non-Dual Philosophy Than

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Feb 91 min read
‘Heaven’: Diane Keaton’s Quirky Look at the Afterlife
The actress made her directorial debut with this recently remastered 1987 documentary, which presents a range of opinions on life after death in witty, unconventional style.

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Feb 91 min read
Emotions and personality within the Universal Holophren™
DM Good morning. I've incubated for many weeks regarding where emotions and personality may reside within the Universal Holophren™, particularly the human version of it. Before I offer my conjecture, where do you believe these to be (...inclusive of genetic, epigenetic and experiential aspects), based upon our multitudes of prior-related conversations? I also attach the graphical representations to date of both The Universal Holophren and its "human version" (two PDF graphics

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Feb 818 min read
You can only truly master one thing, according to Epictetus
The Stoic philosopher argued that most of life is outside our control — but the little we do control defines who we are.

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Feb 61 min read
UII example: Enjoyment to Water to Enlightenment 2.0 (UII w/Claude)
DM This morning I've water on my mind. Not literally, but in the realm of hydrology (and perhap beyond). I've a modest understanding of Bejan's Constructal Law (CL), ...at least in a two dimensional context. Today I'm pondering it in a three dimensional context, both in contexts of evaporation and absorption. Are CL phenomena taking place as "currents" of evaporation into the air around and above us from bodies of water (creeks, springs, brooks, rivers, lakes and oceans)?

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Feb 620 min read
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