The New Verbal Economy
Only through regular injections of human writing can the models improve and the machines stay up to date.
The Unlikely Verse of H.P. Lovecraft
by
Ed Simon
Posted on July 10, 2024
Image: Nyarlathotep the Crawling Chaos by Jacob Walker, © 2013 jacobwalkerart.com; courtesy of the artist.
H.P. Lovecraft’s verse advances a startlingly modern metaphysic.
Reading as Moral Formation
by
Derek King
Posted on July 18, 2024
Image: Credit: THR illustration; Iris Murdoch, 1957, by Ida Kar; C.S. Lewis, 1951, Alamy; background—Patrick Tomasso via Unsplash.
Attentional humility opens us to sympathetic reading—a willingness to receive from the text on the author’s own terms.
Our Very Own Lake Como Moment
Posted on July 25, 2024
Image: Lake Como by Ellena McGuinness via Unsplash.
As he roamed the edges of Lake Como, Romano Guardini foresaw the birth of a new world.
Driving While Female
Is the car our most gendered technology?