Author of "Intelligence in the Digital Age: How the Search for Something Larger May Be Imperiled.'
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With all of the discussions occurring now concerning the potential criticisms of A.I. now taking place, it seems that something is being forgotten; that is how we are outsourcing our actual personal experience to A.I. technology until it grows alienated and disembodied from us,
With the re-release of "Pride and Prejudice," some may think it is just another 19th century novel about women looking for husbands. But it is a brilliant exploration of the potential intricacies of sexual politics in two people who are new to love. lynlesch.com/blog
One of the real dangers of A.I. is that as our thoughts have to move increasingly faster to keep up with the pace at which A.I. provides information, our minds may grow increasingly less quiet. As a result, we may not be able to think as creatively. lynlesch.com/blog
The great Russian writer Dostoevsky is more important to us than ever today because he helps us to define our present existential condition in the world and because to read him requires intense concentration and a capacity for full emotive absorption. lynlesch.com/blog
How A.I. might have adversely affected the great discoveries and creations of those such as Einstein, Picasso, Virginia Woolf, Niels Bohr, or other geniuses if it had existed during the time in which they were alive. lynlesch.com/blog
With many people worried these days about the spread of authoritarianism throughout our society, perhaps ultimately the best antidote for this may be developing democratic learning environments for children based on equal right and equal responsibilities. lynlesch.com/blog
In our current digital age, we may need a new definition of what forward progress really means. Is it just advancements in the latest startling new technology or does it have more to do with claiming the inherent power of our cognitive and emotive lives? lynlesch.com/blog
If the possibility exists that there is in fact a unitary consciousness by which we are all connected to one another, then perhaps the best way to induce positive change in the world may be to fundamentally change one's own individual consciousness. lynlesch.com/blog
The term "soul mate," it seems, is thrown around so casually these days when applied to all manner of close personal relationships. Yet might it have to do with two people actually inhabiting together some otherworldly realm of which neither is aware? lynlesch.com/blog
With the appearance of the current wildfires which are raging in Southern California, there is still a certain pioneer spirit here which comes from living at the end of a continent which may cause many who are thinking of leaving to eventually stay. lynlesch.com/blog
Despite the many amazing things which it can do, A.I. will never be able to unite potentially troubling personal dynamics with the search for a larger, more expansive consciousness. lynlesch.com/blog
With the recent rise in childhood autism, is it possible that within a digital world which can easily engender a distracted awareness in us, might this be a potential cause of an autistic child's difficulty relating to others? lynlesch.com/blog
With scientists now exploring the possibility of producing mirror cells which could be used to develop an alternative form of DNA, we may need to ask where the point is where an intrinsic intelligence is even more important than scientific progress. lynlesch.com/blog
Is our constant use of the keyboard in order to communicate in the current digital age curtailing the possibility of our use of irony to express ourselves? Read my recent post concerning the death of irony in the digital age. lynlesch.com/blog
As both the digital age and A.I. continue to grow, we may need to keep in mind that the pursuit of a larger, more expansive consciousness and also unique, personal paths of discovery and invention may be in danger of being compromised.
Lorrain Hansberry's great play "A Raisin in the Sun," about a black family attempting to improve their lot in life included the iconic line "A dream deferred dries up like a raisin in the sun." She might very well have been talking about the present state of our democracy,
For anyone who might be interested, I just released my latest book, "Exploring the Fabric of Space: Einstein and Kafka in Prague," available on Amazon. It's an imaginative musing on how the two geniuses might have explored the fabric of space together (both inner and outer).
Reality TV may be ruining our enjoyment of film simply because many great spontaneous, unstructured films are in danger of being seen through the same spontaneous lens which reality TV provides, only with less great drama and less interesting personas. lynlesch.com/blog
#ElizabethDebicki's performance as #VirginiaWoolf in the 2018 film Vita and Virginia is remarkable. It takes you right into both the heart of Woolf's genius as well as allowing one to inhabit so fully that particular time and place in which she lived.