Bbenzon
Description
Humankind got its start on the African savannas some hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of years ago. At various times in our cultural history we’ve moved to distinctly new cultural ground, as it were. And so we are moving now, and have been for the past half century. This blog is how I see that move. Intellectually, I'm broadly interested in culture and the brain. Within that compass, anything could show up here. Literature and films (including animation), certainly, music as well, and graffiti. But, other things may show up as well. It's a blog, don't you know, it moves.
MY BLOGS
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New Savanna
http://new-savanna.blogspot.com/
Humankind got its start on the African savannas some hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of years ago. At various times in our cultural history we’ve moved to distinctly new cultural ground, as it were. And so we are moving now, and have been for the past half century. This blog is how I see that move. I'm broadly interested in culture and the brain. Within that compass, anything could show up here. Literature and films (including animation), certainly, music as well, and graffiti. But, other things may show up as well. It's a blog, don't you know, it moves.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 7792 )
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From Atheism to Idolatry
My most recent 3QD post, Is The World A Movie God Created to Entertain the Baby Jesus?, is about my stance with respect to, my entanglement with, religion. Read more
Posted on 23 April 2026 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Window Views
Posted on 23 April 2026
CULTURE,
PHILOSOPHY,
SOCIETY
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AI Scientists Produce Results Without Reasoning Scientifically
đ¨SHOCKING: Researchers ran 25,000 AI scientist experiments and discovered something that should end the hype immediately.AI scientists are... Read more
Posted on 23 April 2026 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Groupthink Drove Yann LeCun out of Meta
Yann LeCun (AMI Labs Founder): "The AI industry is completely LLM-pilled. Everybody is working on the same thing. They're all digging the same trench. Read more
Posted on 22 April 2026 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Some More Flowers
Posted on 22 April 2026
CULTURE,
PHILOSOPHY,
SOCIETY
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Effing the Ineffable
Mystical experiences, the kinds of experiences William James wrote about, are sometimes said to be ineffable. I reported one or two such experiences in my most... Read more
Posted on 22 April 2026 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Trees in Hoboken, 11th Street
Posted on 21 April 2026
CULTURE,
PHILOSOPHY,
SOCIETY
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People Are Beginning to Sour on AI (and How!)
Ezra Klein, produced by Annie Galvin, Why Are Palantir and OpenAI Scared of Alex Bores? NYTimes, April 21, 2026. From the introduction: If you are living in... Read more
Posted on 21 April 2026 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Demis Hassibis on the Future of AI
When I started building this technology, I pictured a future quite different from this. More like CERN researchers where we discuss ideas and help each other ou... Read more
Posted on 21 April 2026 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
The Hidden Cost of The AI Construction Boom
YouTube: Are we ready for the rise of AI data centres? Check out IES' FREE whitepaper on de-risking high performance data centres here đ... Read more
Posted on 20 April 2026 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Tossing the Tech Bros out of the White House
First we had Christ tossing the money changers out of the temple, now Robbie the Robot is going to town on the Tech Bros. Read more
Posted on 20 April 2026 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
The World is a Movie for Baby Jesus @3QD
The universe is that which ever exceeds us and in that way both resists and gives way. My latest article is up at 3 Quarks Daily: Is The World A Movie God... Read more
Posted on 20 April 2026 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Pope Leo XIV on Engaging with A.I.
While my current interest in religion has been brought about, in part, by the fact – somewhat to my own surprise and that of my friends – I’ve been attending... Read more
Posted on 19 April 2026 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Out the Window
Posted on 19 April 2026
CULTURE,
PHILOSOPHY,
SOCIETY
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Angine De Poitrine - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)
I first heard about these guys from (a somewhat exasperated) Rick Beato. Wings of Pegasus says (perceptively): “I’ve Been Waiting 10 YEARS FOR THIS!!! Read more
Posted on 19 April 2026 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Demis Hassibis is Most Creative at 1AM
Google DeepMind CEO says he starts his second workday at 10 p.m. and com... https://t.co/FzwrCTAaYR via @YouTube— Bill Benzon, BAM! Read more
Posted on 19 April 2026 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
From the Baby Jesus to Neil deGrasse Tyson
This is another post that’s leading up to my next article for 3 Quarks Daily, which will be out next week some time. Working title: “Is The World A Movie God... Read more
Posted on 18 April 2026 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Bach’s Gigue on Microtonal Guitar in Bach’s Student Kirnberger’s Tuning - Burak...
Microtonal Guitar - Tolgahan Çoğulu SUPPORT my DREAM on patreon.com/microtonalguitar BUY an Adjustable Microtonal Guitar: info@microtonalguitar. Read more
Posted on 18 April 2026 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Tulips
Posted on 18 April 2026
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PHILOSOPHY,
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Iran Was Able to Resist a Bully's Attack, So Can Taiwan.
Daniel Byman and Seth G. Jones, Iran Resisted a Powerful Attacker. Taiwan Can Too. NYTimes, Apr. 19, 2026. As the United States’ and Israel’s war with Iran... Read more
Posted on 17 April 2026 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY
