From prophets and kings to algorithms and empires, this essay traces how power evolves—and how our tools reveal who we are. In a time of global crisis and technological transformation, the question isn’t what AI can do for us, but what it shows about who we are becoming.
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“Modernity may not be ending—it might just be shedding its skin. What needs composting isn’t only a paradigm, but a pattern: the long arc of separability. Perhaps we’re not between worlds at all, but inside a reckoning with what we forgot we were always part of.”
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Resources used to support session 2.13 Classical Science, of the Shepway and District u3a Science, Philosophy, and Spirituality Group.
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This session re-examines classical science as a global, relational practice—not just a European invention. From early sensation to modern abstraction, we explore its power, limits, and cultural cost. Featuring insights from McGilchrist and Frank, it invites us to reimagine science as both rigorous method and deeply human endeavour.
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An invitation to reflect on the paradox at the heart of human nature: that the very capacities enabling our flourishing—our knowledge, culture, and extraction—may now threaten the planetary web we depend on. What might it mean to become Homo sapiens participans?
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