Author Archives: Burning Phoenix

Today we’re talking about the early origins of the neural network language models behind chatbots like Claude.ai and ChatGPT in the 1940s and 50s, and how it was declared “dead” in 2012. But then in 2017, it all changed. And … Continue reading →

Today we’re looking at St. Thomas and his beautiful and evocative description of the Trinity, as Light emenating from a Source, in Love. And we’ll digress slightly about Investment Projects, and Rick Rubin as the legendary Music Producer of Run … Continue reading →

Good Morning! Today we’ll talk about verse 37-51 in Dante’s Paradiso Canto 13, and then look at the Techno-Optimist Manifesto by Silicon Valley billionaire and entrepreneur Marc Andreessen. (Starts at 09.50). Enjoy!

Good morning! Today’s episode has three parts: 1. Dante Reading, with Claude. Tercet 11&12 from Paradiso 13. 2. A comment on Marc Andreessen’s thoughts on Growth, and his “Techno-Optimist Manifesto”. (Starts at 33 mins) 3. Contrasts between Greek and “Modern” … Continue reading →

After a few days of diving deep into the opening of Canto 13, we saw the “Chariot” and North Star this morning, in deep blue beauty and silence. And we’ll talk about tercet 9 and 10, where Dante shifts the … Continue reading →

Today we’re looking at tercet 8 in Canto 13 of Paradiso, and how Dante connects everything in both the material and spiritual realms, through the imagery of a little beautiful river in Tuscany. poi ch’è tanto di là da nostra … Continue reading →

In this episode we’re looking at tercet 6 and 7 in Paradiso Canto 13, where Dante concludes a major re-orientation of the Poem and whole Journey, as we now have the necessary “Chariot” built in Canto 10-12. The tercets are: … Continue reading →

Today we’re looking at tercet 5 in Canto 13 in Paradiso, which ties together the first 4 tercets into an overall guiding system for our further Journey into Paradiso, and for the spiritual Journey through Life in a bigger sense. … Continue reading →

Commentary on the opening of Canto XIII in Paradiso, “resetting” the story and looking up to the North Star. imagini la bocca di quel corno che si comincia in punta de lo stelo a cui la prima rota va dintorno … Continue reading →