Ethical AI? “[T]o understand something or someone so completely that the observer becomes a part of the observed—to merge, blend,...
Conscience and devotion are two themes that weave into Saint John’s—but how do they weave into each other? When, in...
We do not read in order to collect information, but rather to learn and practice reading, in every sense. On any day, read only as much as you can work through, inwardly, in the time before the next reading. The slower you read, the greater will be the possibility that...
Car, motorcycle, electric bike, and on foot – these are the different methods of transport available to me for my...
Georg Unger, former head of the Mathematical-Astronomical Section, was a mathematician with a choleric temperament. This combination made him quite...
Kindness, love, and strength—the three pillars of parenting and the conference theme. Two children are sitting on the floor; one is given a loaf of bread. A fight breaks out because the other child came away empty-handed. The European mother bends down, breaks the bread into two, and gives one...
We, the living, are always present for the deceased. We should never forget that. Their world encompasses ours; our world...
Robinson Crusoe befriends a ‹savage›. In the existentialism of his situation, he overcomes the cultural boundaries that would have made...
A walk in the city. A coffee in hand. Looking around slowly. Almost invisible, with a magic hood, barely two eyes amongst flowing people. A woman with red painted fingernails clutches her friend’s shoulder in a powerful gesture. A gray-blue vagrant looks for refundable goods in the trash can and...
During my Easter visit to Potsdam, I met I., a young mother and sales manager from Odesa in Ukraine. Her...
Can an image move? Or is not an image precisely that which only appears at the very end, as a...









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