Our history is a living history, that has throbbed, withstood and survived many centuries of sacrifice. Now it comes forward again with strength. The seeds, dormant for such a long time, break out today with some uncertainty, although they germinate in a world that is at present characterized by confusion and uncertainty. Rigoberta Menchú Tum …
Learn from me – if not by my precepts, at least by my example – how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge, and how much happier that man is who believes his native town to be the world, than he who aspires to become greater than his nature will allow. Victor Frankenstein, “Frankenstein” by Mary …
It was not exasperation…. It was anger for the relentless force of evolution that insisted on endowing man with increased powers without removing the vestigial vices that prevented him from using them. Alfred Bester, The Demolished Man (1953) Werewolves, the mystical, savage beasts of the night who people are taught to fear under the glow …
Summer of 2021 has allowed me to stop and reflect, and offered me breathing space to relax. In that time, during an exciting excursion in New York City’s memorable historical sites and vivid colors, I laid my eyes first on a beautiful replica of a aft-spoken work of art, tucked away in the back of …
With the innovation of the Ai-Da robot, designed by Engineered Arts and hailed as the world’s first ultra-realistic robot artist, I am astounded by the Ai-Da units’ propensity for creating art, particularly its fondness for techno-cubism. Whether or not this is achieved through preprogramming or not does not eliminate the skill necessary to make Ai-Da …