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Enter the Agon! The Greek Contest Written by Shawn Funk The Greeks! Strength, beauty, and wisdom, they possessed all. In a short time, they made significant progress in the arts, athletics, science, and politics, resulting in what some call a golden age for humanity. By now, we are aware of our Greek inheritance in the above mentioned disciplines; I will not discuss them further. I am interested, however, in how the Greeks became great. What was it about the Greek culture that allowed its citizens to create the monumental works that have since become normative in the western canon? Where did such a vital force originate? Enter the agon! Agon…
Why Do Chinese Kung Fu Masters Keep Getting Beat Up? Written by Andres Salazar May 2017 was the home of one of the most controversial cultural moments in recent Chinese history. Combat sports competitor and MMA coach, Xu Xiaodong, challenged traditional tai chi master Wei Lei to a fight to test the legitimacy of Chinese kung fu in actual combat scenarios. Within the first twenty seconds, Xu knocked down Wei and landed strikes to the opponent’s head on the ground until he could no longer continue the fight (Atkin, 2018). This moment sparked immense controversy in China, putting doubt on the effectiveness of traditional Chinese martial arts, as well as…
The Singularity is Ne’er Written by Shawn Funk The futurist’s job is to project current trends far into the future and make bold predictions about the world of tomorrow based on these trends. Ray Kurzweil is bold indeed. He posits the idea of a technological singularity, a moment in time when artificial intelligence (AI) eclipses the intelligence of the smartest human beings, leading to a technological explosion and super-intelligent AI (Schneider, 2016). This statement is loaded with assumptions which I will not mention. Instead, I am just going to assume it is all true and have some fun. I will add that as it stands, we are far from developing…
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