By Eric Le Roy
For our 15th Wedding Anniversary, I decided to honor my wife Liubov’s request for us to buy a beautiful white Maine Coon cat, the very same one you see in the photo above (first of many pictures). Since we already had two cats and two dogs, and we live in an apartment (in Varna, Bulgaria, near the sea) that is plenty spacious for us (though not … Read the rest
By Eric Le Roy
Content 18+ It strikes me increasingly as ironic that the same people who revel in the onslaught of technology, AI, and the advanced capabilities of genetic engineering are often the same ones who cling to the supposedly inviolable sanctity of the ‘human spirit’, and – even worse in my book – of human ‘dignity’. It’s as if ‘love will find a way’ or Batman … Read the rest
Wisdom, Power, and the Future
Content 18+ It is a strange time to be alive when the most powerful people in the world are closer in age to the invention of television than to TikTok. The 21st century—a century that should belong to youth, AI, climate science, and social reinvention—is increasingly governed by men whose cultural memory includes the Cuban Missile Crisis and dial-up modems as high tech.
This is … Read the rest
Content 16+ Imagine, if you will, a car speeding down the highway of life. It has all the trappings of modern engineering: a glossy finish, touch-screen dashboard, and perhaps a neuro-integrated GPS that pings you with every poor decision you’ve ever made. Now imagine the driver—no, not some sleek AI or hyper-rational cyborg. Instead, it’s a monkey. A jittery, banana-hungry, dopamine-fueled primate with the emotional restraint of a toddler in … Read the rest
Content 18+ Let us begin with a paradox. You, dear reader, are more likely to meet your end slipping in the shower or choking on a sausage than while soaring through the skies in a steel-winged marvel piloted by professionals. And yet, faced with a boarding gate at Budapest Airport, palms sweat and hearts flutter. Why?
Fear. That ancient sentinel that once helped our ancestors survive saber-toothed tigers and venomous … Read the rest
