Brent Antonson

Prometheus-Cubed: When Fire Learned to Think

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” — Arthur C. Clarke “We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.” — Carl Sagan And now, perhaps… We are a way for fire to think. “First the gods gave us fire. Then we learned to aim it. Now fire aims itself....

The Curse of Modern Plenty: Why We Feel Poorer Than Pharaohs

At no other point in history — not under Napoleon, not under the Pharaohs, not under Dionysus, Alexander, Caesar, or the Roman emperors — could a human hold immense wealth and still be denied the very things their imagination desired. Back then: * If you were rich, powerful, or chosen, * you could drink...