During the formative phase of the infant American republic, when its survival was still problematic, iconic founders performed a valuable function as reliable sources of unquestioned wisdom, a veritable gallery of Delphic oracles available on demand.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
Back in the 90s, videos about computer chips and global warming serve as oracles.
Hale connects that story to another tale that took place in the same wilderness twenty years earlier—a story of a cult, brainwashing, teenage prophets, and murder.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
Older Western societies are presented as inherently illiberal, to be contrasted unfavorably with the perfectly liberal society promised by the prophets of the progressive future.
What’s missing right now are visionaries reimagining how AI might positively transform human existence, even our spiritual lives.
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Big Think,
Big Think,
5 Nov. 2025
AfroTech lit up Houston with appearances from Juvenile, Stacey Abrams, and Angela Rye, while TIME100 Next honored rising global visionaries like Nomzamo Mbatha and Teyana Taylor.
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