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Fire Part III: The creation of the Sun on Earth
The quest to develop thermonuclear fusion is the apogee of humanity’s ongoing struggle to control and utilise fire and energy
Nov 17
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Norman Lewis
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Fire Part III: The creation of the Sun on Earth
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October 2024
Pompei, Herculaneum and Paestum: The enduring authority of the past
Ancient civilisations still illuminate what a piece of work man truly is.
Oct 28
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Norman Lewis
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Pompei, Herculaneum and Paestum: The enduring authority of the past
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Fire part II: The ignition of progress
The use of heat in the refining of crude oil represents one of the greatest single revolutions in the history of the human application of energy
Oct 15
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Norman Lewis
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Fire part II: The ignition of progress
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September 2024
Fire: the Spark That Ignited Civilisation
When humanity turned the naturally occurring phenomenon of fire into a technology, it forged a path from caves to the cosmos and civilised the world
Sep 28
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Norman Lewis
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Fire: the Spark That Ignited Civilisation
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Part I: Post-anthropocentrism: The Knowingness of Sheep
I’m delighted to post a contribution below from a long-standing friend and colleague, Ann Furedi, which addresses and raises several themes that will be…
Sep 9
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Norman Lewis
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Part I: Post-anthropocentrism: The Knowingness of Sheep
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August 2024
Will AI redefine what it means to be human?
Rescuing the subject in the age of AI: a review of Neil D Lawrence’s The Atomic Human.
Aug 26
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Norman Lewis
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Will AI redefine what it means to be human?
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July 2024
The Noble Sacrifice: Mortality and what it means to be human
The consciousness of death and our capacity for sacrificing our lives sets us apart as a species
Jul 9
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Norman Lewis
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The Noble Sacrifice: Mortality and what it means to be human
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June 2024
Part III: The tyranny and future of labour time
The industrialisation of time converted mankind’s tool to overcome nature into an instrument of human oppression
Jun 20
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Norman Lewis
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Part III: The tyranny and future of labour time
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Part II: Mechanical time and its consequences
The clock – the ‘mother of machines’ – gave birth to philosophical changes, knowledge, precision measurement which helped usher in the Scientific…
Jun 5
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Norman Lewis
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Part II: Mechanical time and its consequences
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April 2024
Human Time and the Great Escape from Nature
The invention of human time liberated humanity from the cyclical monotony of nature, and gave us history: the canvass upon which to realise human agency…
Apr 29
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Norman Lewis
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Human Time and the Great Escape from Nature
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March 2024
Part III: The miracle of Glass: strength and purity and a global communications revolution
The invention of fibre optical cables took glass beyond transparency into a backbone that enables computerised 1s and 0s to be transformed into the…
Mar 19
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Norman Lewis
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Part III: The miracle of Glass: strength and purity and a global communications revolution
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February 2024
Part II: Glass, lenses and the transcendence of the natural limits of human vision
The printing press made mankind aware of farsightedness, but the glass lens led to the microscope and telescope unlocking the human cell and the secrets…
Feb 28
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Norman Lewis
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Part II: Glass, lenses and the transcendence of the natural limits of human vision
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