Author Archives: bryan

Artificial Intelligence. We are there, and truth be told, we have been there for much of our sentient existence. If artificial is “pretended; assumed; insincere” and intelligence is “the faculty of understanding” then as humans who pretend to understand, WE … Continue reading →

Who should be more ashamed? The poor man caught stealing a loaf of bread to feed his family? Or the rich man sitting in judgement on top of his pile of money sending the poor man to prison? Or, is … Continue reading →

Here we go… Because I am okay, doesn’t mean it’s okay. Because I am complicit, doesn’t mean I am in favor. Because I live in America, doesn’t mean I have choices. Because I am nice, doesn’t mean I am truthful. … Continue reading →

If a luxury is “a pleasure out of the ordinary allowed to oneself,” then today’s luxuries in America include Housing Healthcare Childcare Education Opportunity Food Security In his most recent book “Poverty, By America” Matthew Desmond says, “Poverty isn’t simply … Continue reading →

Imagine a moment. A single, fleeting, beautiful moment. Both sad and joyful, spiritual and indulgent, loving and destructive, bracing and taxing. Just one moment. An epiphany. A bewilderment. An essence. An ideal. A lifetime. An inception. A finality. Instantaneous. Here … Continue reading →