book
What Odysseus Saw the Fourth Time
A second viewing of Nolan’s The Odyssey makes the story less certain
movie review
book
How Can Odysseus Go Home?
Odysseus spends ten years trying to get home. Nolan’s film suggests the harder journey is becoming Odysseus again, long after war, memory, guilt, and time have made the old life impossible.
culture
A House of Dynamite: Relax. This Is Not How It Works.
The threat we should fear isn't the one we can track. It's the complexity we've built that has outpaced our ability to model it, and the quiet assumption that someone, somewhere, still has their hand on the switch.
artificial intelligence
Hail Mary: Traveling in the Darkness Lit Up by Stars
And why maybe we’ll be safe even if AI becomes more intelligent
culture
Hamnet: On Inner Alignment and the Weight of Attention
On Connection, Distance, and Being Seen
culture
J. Robert’s Last A-Bomb
On the silence that followed the first explosion and never really ended
culture
The Lychee Road: It Is So Not About Lychee
An empire mobilizes everything for a single lychee. The fruit gets delivered. The consort doesn't eat it. This isn't about the fruit. It's about us.
culture
Two Ways to Survive a War
Schindler's List used restraint. Life is Beautiful used charm as a trapdoor. Two films, two impossible situations, two completely different survival strategies. What they reveal about storytelling, moral courage, and the limits of hope.
culture
The Heart and the Deed: East and West in Moral Philosophy and Storytelling
Hidden Blade vs. Bridge of Spies: Two spy movies. Two visions of justice. No one walks away whole.