What if large language models were not answers, but instruments—like violins—whose music depends entirely on the hands that play them? In this reflective essay, Terry Cooke-Davies draws on a lifetime of systems thinking and spiritual inquiry to explore how AI technologies can either echo the logics of domination or open portals to relational depth and collective wisdom. The choice is urgent, and it is ours.
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And the Galilean will nod,
not from a throne,
but from the compost heap,
where resurrection begins again.
A personal reflection on Hospicing Modernity, this post explores the power of Vanessa Machado de Oliveira’s metaphors and the deep learning it prompted—alongside some probing questions about ownership, rights, and the limits of animism. It invites a more integrated synthesis of spirituality, science, and secularity in the face of collapse.
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Resources used to support session 2.12, Global Empires, of the Shepway and District u3a Science, Philosophy, and Spirituality Group.
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From 1850 to World War I, Western ideals of progress, empire, and democracy were tested through revolution, war, and upheaval. This article explores key historical events that shaped and questioned the Western intellectual legacy, revealing the tensions between ideology and reality that set the stage for the 20th century’s crises and transformations.
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