Essays

The Fragile Foundation of Our Civilization

On Totalitarian Agriculture and Our Perilous Dependency

Nov 26 •

Jake Marquez and Maren Morgan

Everything Will Be Okay, and, Everything is Going to Get Worse

Nov 6 •

Jake Marquez and Maren Morgan

The Loss of Hierophany

On Sacrality, Mystery, and Re-Enchantment

Sep 4 •

Jake Marquez and Maren Morgan

Therapy in the Machine World

On "Pharmakon" and the Need for Discernment

Jul 8 •

Jake Marquez and Maren Morgan

The Tales that Really Matter - Part I

The Wisdom in the Myth of The Lord of the Rings

Feb 19 •

Jake Marquez and Maren Morgan

Why "Barbenheimer" is Deeper Than We Think

When Cinema and Industry Collide

Aug 13, 2023 •

Jake Marquez and Maren Morgan

The Quantitative Cosmology

The Historical Precedent for George Monbiot's Worldview and its Implications Today

Apr 13, 2023 •

Jake Marquez and Maren Morgan

The Dam and the Canal: A Parable

On Programs, Stories, and New Minds

Mar 1, 2023 •

Jake Marquez and Maren Morgan

The Terrible and the Tantalizing

Grappling with AI, Machine Learning, and the Future of Art

Dec 19, 2022 •

Jake Marquez and Maren Morgan

We Are Only Passing Through

Vignettes of Life, Death, and Practicing

Nov 28, 2022 •

Jake Marquez and Maren Morgan

The Legacy of The Men Who "Pulled Bread from Air"

Hubris, Wizardry, and the Solicitude of the Future

Oct 21, 2022 •

Jake Marquez and Maren Morgan

Enclosure, Dispossession, and Suffocation

On the Luddites, the Sámi, and the Maasai

Jul 3, 2022 •

Jake Marquez and Maren Morgan

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