1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (1195+ words) An elder gave a blessing, more than 100 people in a large hall recited Quranic verses and a musician played a melody on a reed flute, soon joined by about 15 bandmates on folk instruments and drums. A woman in white took…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (412+ words) Geoff Shullenberger is the managing editor of Compact. Those who first dreamed of artificial intelligence saw it as an instrument for the perfection of modern secular society....

9+ mon, 1+ week ago   (583+ words) “As a performer, one has a mission, like Coltrane, to take your solo out to talk to God.” That’s from Patti Smith, a great and uncategorizable artist, describing the saxophonist John Coltrane’s influence on her. In my head, I hear…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (617+ words) In 1633, Galileo Galilei stood in the convent of the Santa Maria sopra Minerva church in Rome, where a tribunal of Catholic authorities forced him to “abjure, curse, and detest” his belief that the sun—not Earth—was the center of…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (673+ words) Everything is strange. We work from home. We socialize online. Our private lives are increasingly public. People pretend to be brands; brands pretend to be people. We optimize our bodies until they break. And the more we know, the less…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (566+ words) Manifestation requires clear intention and consistent behaviors. It’s not as simple as “think positive!” or “speak it into existence!” There must be aligned actions behind the practice. At its core, manifestation involves neuroplasticity, which helps the brain rewire itself through…...