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The Limits of My Library Are the Limits of My World

Beyond what you know an immense world exists, but you cannot see it.

Throughout history, our understanding of the world has expanded in remarkable ways, but it has always been limited by what we have chosen to explore. Just as libraries house the collected knowledge of humanity, our personal “lib…

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The digital tree hides the forest of life and wisdom

In the not-so-distant past, it was said that planting a tree (along with writing a book and having a child) was a clear sign of the stability and maturity of the person who had planted that tree because it indicated a long-term action without expecting anything in return. For this reason, numerous s…

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AI continues to expand. But what about our intelligence?

Artificial intelligence can now clone itself, or at least large language models can, according to a recent study from Fudan University in China. Since AI cloning does not require human intervention, researchers say that in a short time and if the cycle is repeated, AI will surpass human intelligence…

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We have learned how to navigate without thinking, but we have lost our way

Two and a half millennia ago, the Greek philosopher Heraclitus stated that “The way up and the way down are one and the same” (Fragment B60). In doing so, he simultaneously spoke of the unity of opposites, cosmic change, and the ascent to wisdom versus the descent into ignorance—for the very sam…

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Guardians of Transitions: Janus, Hermes, and Hecate in Times of Change

In ancient times, as in our own times, transitions were of profound significance in both personal and societal life. In fact, transitions were of such importance that in the Greco-Roman pantheon there were three gods, Janus, Hermes, and Hecate, who guarded the transitions.

Each of those tradition…

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We surround the planet and ourselves with garbage and debris

Recent studies seem to confirm that the amount of waste orbiting the Earth has reached such a level that this “space debris” is already multiplying due to collisions between these objects, threatening not only satellites and space travel, but even, if the problem worsens, humans could become “trappe…

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Every heartbeat represents the heart thinking

Every heartbeat is an expression of the heart’s thinking, suggests a new study that revealed that the heart has its own mini-brain, a complex nervous system that is independent of the brain. Suddenly, expressions like “broken heart” or “hardened heart” take on a new dimension.

The study…

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When we stop playing seriously, we become trapped in the anguish of the present

The rapid, inevitable, profound, irreversible, and unsolicited social and technological changes of today’s world seem to indicate that we have disconnected from the future. As a result, we forget the past and cling to a present as distressing as the reality surrounding us—or so says an influential S…

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A conversation with a new philosophy student changed my perspective as a professor

One time, while I was teaching an introductory philosophy course at a local university, a student taught me a valuable lesson. Although I no longer remember many details of that interaction, the lesson itself has stayed with me, and, in fact, I apply it every day. Even more, it is a lesson we all sh…

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Now More Than Ever, We Need to Enhance Our Cognitive Abilities

Less than a century ago, Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget was among the first researchers to determine that children are not less intelligent than adults; rather, they are in a distinct stage of cognitive development. As they progress through this development, children acquire greater abilities to und…

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What Will Octopuses Write About Us Once They Dominate the Earth?

In a small valley in northern Tajikistan, Asia, our ancestors lived alongside two other human species—Neanderthals and Denisovans—around 150,000 years ago, according to a recent archaeological study. Of those three species, only we remain, paradoxically calling ourselves Homo Sapiens Sapiens. An…

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Historical Warnings Against Corruption and the Lack of Wisdom from the Prophets to the Digital Age

Throughout human history, an innumerable number of people—including prophets, philosophers, artists, and activists—have voiced their concern and lament over the level of corruption and folly in their communities, regardless of the era, place, language, or beliefs of those expressing these grievances…

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Artificial intelligence does not seek the truth… and it seems that neither do we

In a recent interview, philosopher Carissa Véliz expressed that artificial intelligence “does not seek the truth”, explaining that AI is “a generator of statistical responses” and, as a consequence, generates “verisimilitude”, that is, something credible, acceptable and even realistic, but without c…

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Beyond the First Step: Lao Tzu’s Teaching on the Path and Life’s Journey

The well-known thought by Lao Tzu, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” (Tao Te Ching, Chapter 64), is often seen as a call to overcome “analysis paralysis” and to decide to act as a way to start the process of reaching a goal or completing a project. But, as with all expression…

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Existential uncertainty and search for meaning in the postmodern world

The concept of “divided mind” is so old in Western culture that Heraclitus already spoke about this topic two and a half millennia ago, stating at the beginning of his book that many of us, although awake, live asleep. In this postmodern 21st century, that concept has become significantly relevant a…

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We need to recover our sense of community of individuals to be free together

Recently, on the wall of a restaurant, I read this famous phrase by the Turkish poet Nâzım Hikmet (1902-1963): “Live like a solitary and free tree, like a forest in brotherhood.” As with good poets, imagination and metaphor reveal an important, but largely forgotten, philosophical truth: we are who …

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Addictive attachment to the present disconnects us from the past and creates fear of the future

Over the last few decades, the idea of ​​“now” as the only reference point in our lives has been popularized almost to death, an idea that, although attractive, is too often devalued and distorted in such a way that it is presented as disconnecting. of a past that has already passed and not worry ab…

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Just because you don’t understand me doesn’t mean I don’t know what I am doing

Recently, an organization asked for my help with a community project that involved conducting a certain number of interviews with a group that had no prior contact with the organization. I implemented my strategy, and within a few hours, I surpassed the minimum number of interviews they had requeste…

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Forging new paths: from a poem by Antonio Machado to commercial spacewalks

As Antonio Machado  says in his well-known poem, "Wayfarer, there is no way, / the path is made by walking," emphasizing that " Wayfarer, there is no way, / only wake-trails in the sea." But there is no doubt that some travelers intentionally undo the path they’ve walked so that no one else can foll…

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Social media’s dangerous trivialization of discrimination and racism

Recently, for reasons known only to the unknown gods who govern the mysterious algorithms, short videos with a common theme—discrimination and racism—started appearing on my social media feed. However, the message presented in these videos, far from addressing this serious social issue, clearly aims…

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