1/ Joseph Conrad, the great Inside/Outside Liminal Seer of empires, economic and religious, a 🧵 on liberal hegemony:.

TLM stop in NOLA

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The movie Big Fish.

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The opening canto of the Divine Comedy is the story of stories. It serves as the paradigm with which we begin our walk to enlightenment. We find ourselves lost, alone, and afraid. We must find a way to orient so that we can be whole again. Navigating rightly in a story we did.

Cap.

Dante should be named a saint of the Roman Catholic Church. Few have done more to build the kingdom. For generations.

I still have a couple more slots for the discounted rate for my 6-part course on Dante’s Inferno (link in bio). On the 13th it goes to full price. I can’t wait to walk through hell with you!

Home front update: my daughter is headed to The University of Dallas in a few days. I really appreciate your prayers. We are genuinely happy and excited.

Waking up at 5am in downtown NOLA and walking around is pretty wild. Many folks are just turning in. The doorman was telling everyone good night as they walked into the lobby, then turned to me and said, “oh, good morning sir!”. What a town.

Programming note: I’ve been on the road for two weeks and I’m not due back home until next week. I’ve found this to be counterproductive for my reading and writing and recording. Alas. I’ll be back in the saddle soon enough.

He was my teacher in Rome, spring of ‘93. Great guy. RIP.

A rare agreement with Carl. Wow.

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This scene from canto 26 of Inferno has haunted me all day…in his characteristic prophetic register, Dante sees the underneath. Liars, “The abuse of speech, communion, and AI”…forthcoming

RT @johnrobb: If technology is damaging conscientiousness and boosting neuroticism… why can’t we build technology that does the opposite?.

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