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Post No. 34: The Origins of American Democracy
With all the talk from both the left and the right about American democracy being at risk, perhaps it is timely to investigate the...
Martin Sullivan
Jun 20, 20247 min read
Post No. 33: Social Media and Big Tech
In the early days of the Internet it was widely assumed that this new Internet would allow a new kind of freedom for ordinary citizens to...
Martin Sullivan
Mar 15, 20246 min read
Post No. 32: Friends
A poem to start this post: Be careful with friends They come in all sizes Just enjoy the connection Don’t look for prizes There is...
Martin Sullivan
Feb 10, 20242 min read
Post No. 31: Happy Hunting (and New Year)
A Poem to Start This Post: Each day rises anew Even this year’s first one So look forward not back Cause we’ve already given The last one...
Martin Sullivan
Jan 2, 20241 min read
Post No. 30: Keep Jesus in Christmas
Jesus lived his message And people followed The emperor made it viral Now we have Christmas It celebrates the birth Of love and...
Martin Sullivan
Dec 25, 20231 min read
Post No. 29: Being Here
A poem to start this post: Are you like me There’s always something That’s not quite right And needs fixing? Often I am busy And don’t...
Martin Sullivan
Dec 15, 20232 min read
Post No. 28: Animal Rights, A Podcast
This post is very different from my previous posts because it is actually a podcast. In this podcast I interview Rocco Paolucci who has...
Martin Sullivan
Oct 28, 20231 min read
Post No. 27: WHERE ARE THE WISE LEADERS?
A poem to start this post: Where Are the Wise Leaders? I look out at many wars Safe in my cozy palace. I cringe at easy brutality Driven...
Martin Sullivan
Oct 25, 20237 min read
Post. No. 26: Being Human
Those fossil fuel protesters at the U.S. Open tennis match distracted me into writing the previous post on climate change. My original...
Martin Sullivan
Sep 30, 20237 min read
Post No. 25: Climate Change
The other day I was watching the semi-final women’s tennis match of the U.S. Open when it was interrupted by a group of protesters in the...
Martin Sullivan
Sep 11, 20238 min read
Post No. 24: Robots and US
Now that we have an informed amateur’s idea about AI (see Posts 21 - 23), it might be worthwhile to explore which elements of AI are...
Martin Sullivan
Sep 5, 20235 min read
Post No. 23: Artificial Intelligence, Part Three
Part One on this topic described how to use interactive AI through Microsoft’s Bing ChatGPT4 and gave some examples. Part Two gave a...
Martin Sullivan
Aug 1, 20239 min read
Post No. 22: Artificial Intelligence, Part Two
The last post on artificial intelligence described how easy it is to use Microsoft’s Bing chatbot. It also looked at two amazing chatbot...
Martin Sullivan
Jun 21, 20234 min read
Post No. 21: Artificial Intelligence
Post No. 21: Artificial Intelligence explores how to use the latest AI and gives examples of responses.
Martin Sullivan
Jun 12, 20234 min read
Post No.20: Gifts from Greeks: Part Four, Martin's Maxims 3
The last post described in more detail three of these maxims (numbers 6, 7 & 9). This post will provide a more in-depth look at the...
Martin Sullivan
Jun 4, 20235 min read
Post No. 19: Gifts from Greeks, Part 3, Martin's Maxims 2
The last post described a synthesis of Greek thought that I named "Martin's Maxims". This post explores some of these maxims in more...
Martin Sullivan
May 5, 20234 min read
Post No. 18: Gifts from Greeks, Part 2: Martin's Maxims
In Part One of this topic, I described my personal re-discovery of ancient Greek thought, and how I was surprised by how many of our...
Martin Sullivan
Apr 14, 20234 min read
Post No. 17: Time
Time is a very strange thing. Although we know it progresses in regular intervals of seconds, minutes and hours, we experience it very...
Martin Sullivan
Mar 28, 20234 min read
Post No. 16: Gifts from Greeks
The study of ancient greek philosophy no longer has the cache' it once had. I must admit I had only a superficial understanding of these...
Martin Sullivan
Mar 12, 20236 min read
Post No. 15: Great Power Relations, Part 3
As described in parts one and two, the historical approach toward great power relations, Realism, has led to wars among powerful nations....
Martin Sullivan
Feb 6, 20236 min read