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“The Lament for Icarus” by Herbert James Draper (1898). Source: Public Domain.
26 AUG 2025 · 7 MIN

World Mythology Warnings for TODAY #2: Icarus’s Flight & Dangerous Ambitions

Welcome back to our series World Mythology Warnings for Today. In case you missed our previous (and first) episode, be sure you click here to explore what happened in Persia. In today’s…
Re-enactment of the Industrial Revolution at the 2012 London Olympics. Source: CC BY 2.0
23 JUN 2025 · 8 MIN

Preparing for the AI Future: Echoes from the Industrial Revolution

Imagine a world where daily life was marked by the clink of a blacksmith’s hammer and the rustle of horse-drawn carts. This was the reality for much of humanity before the late…
Roko’s Basilisk relies on the potential development of VR indistinguishable from reality, something entirely achievable from a technology standpoint (cottonbro studio / Public Domain)
6 AUG 2024 · 6 MIN

Roko’s Basilisk: The Thought Experiment That Could Kill You

Generally speaking, thought experiments are not dangerous. As useful tools for “gaming” out a scenario, they could certainly point to a danger in the future, but they are not traditionally a problem…