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MP FINAL
J. Herndon Dec 1st, 2022- AD Feast of S. Andrew, Apostle-Martyr PROMPT: Politics has been a long-standing problem for society as a collective and likewise the human as an individual person. To every problem, there needs to be a solution… Or at least try to create one in which you explore the highs and lows…
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BP#6
On Ethics and God- J. Herndon Prompt: what is the significance of ethics and morals on humanity as a whole? You cannot be what you are without governance and so must heed the standings and principles of ethics and morals to be a rightfully standing human. Ethics and morals are true friends of the apparent…
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MP#3
Prompt: Is the question of existing inequalities relevant to the question of technological manipulation of our genetics? Most predominantly, humanity has suffered through a vast slew of crises throughout history. The great horsemen of the existence of inequalities have been natural disasters, wars, terror, and pandemics. They have separated people in terms of race, class,…
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BP#5
Prompt: When thinking about the possession of consciousness, does it matter what kind of stuff the thing is made of? That is, why would it? We are living beings that are made, especially with a conscience – the ability to be aware and tell the differences between right and wrong and a freewill – the…
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Mini-Proj. II
Prompt: Another aspect of our being enmeshed in technological devices and interfaces involves our attention and ability to focus it. Reflect on your ability to focus in relation to social media and the like. What must I say: I have quite a repertoire of the personal history of social media, and perhaps it would be…
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BP #4!
Prompt: Simply describe your engagement with some social media platform and evaluate it in terms of its usefulness to you, and speculate on what you think “Big Data” is getting from it. That is, for example, describe how you use Instagram, what you get out of it, what data Instagram collects, and what it does…
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Third Post
Politics and Modernity, A Reflection P: So long as we produce more and more stuff more cheaply, what’s the issue? Why care (or hope or fight) for anything else? R: While the cheap manufacture of products such as textiles/clothing, jewelry, and other items sounds appetizing, it can produce a few threats to the well-being of…
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Mini-Proj I
Mini Proj I: Crystalline Creative Constructs J. Herndon PhilTech 2022 Out and about for a meditative walk outside my home one day, I was hit with a sense of awe at the nature that boldly stood before me. The trees of this forest that day seemed to be offering a renewal so dense and vital…
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Second Post
A Comparison – Heidegger and the Art of the Greeks /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// One would be rendered disarmed if they began to even attempt answering this question without first delving into the creative odyssey that was Hellenized Greece and its effect on modern philosophes (such as Heidegger). The manner in which the Western Hellenic world was constructed…
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First Post!
A Reflection on the Rhine, Hölderlin ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Inspired by God and Immanuel Kant, Johann Christian Friedrich Holderlin was the renowned German Romantic lyric poet of his time and had a marvelous gift of expression, which is witnessed in the uncommon mastery of his words. Holderlin, in his poem, “The Rhine”, writes from a personal narration…