Jon WardISLAND FEVERI’m an Englishman, and therefore an islander. For some 30 years I’ve lived in the United States, only to discover that I moved from a small…Nov 10Nov 10
Jon WardConspiracy Theorists, I’m Sorry: It’s Worse Than You Think.Oh, but isn’t it bad enough already?Jul 16, 2023Jul 16, 2023
Jon WardNatural Artifice: Reflections on the AI ConundrumThinking about AI is like rubbernecking a car crash. The topic has a weirdly hypnotic character. It seems we can’t get our heads around it…Apr 10, 2023Apr 10, 2023
Jon WardUntying Lacan: Science, Poetry and PsychoanalysisNo matter if you haven’t read Jacques Lacan, or heard of him. What I’ll share here doesn’t depend on that. I’m taking a moment to untangle…Mar 16, 2023Mar 16, 2023
Jon WardA Playlist: Information, Materialism and the AfterlifeWhen I was very young I was captivated by a melody. You can easily find it on Spotify: the opening bars of Brahms’ second violin sonata…Nov 8, 2022Nov 8, 2022
Jon WardThe Sanctity of (Pure) LifeMany commentators have noted an irony in the almost simultaneous decisions by the US Supreme Court in June of 2022 to negate abortion…Nov 4, 2022Nov 4, 2022
Jon WardWhere We Differ: Eight Notes to My Republican Friends“My Republican friends” could have a phony, even sarcastic, ring. But here it is meant. I have true friends on a dramatically different…Oct 27, 2022Oct 27, 2022
Jon WardToxic Certainty: A Brief InvestigationAt the request of someone I greatly respect, I watched an episode of Steve Bannon’s podcast, The War Room (do not try this at home). To set…May 29, 2022May 29, 2022
Jon WardThe Banality of PredationIn Amsterdam, I met a one-armed homeopath. The other arm had been eaten by a crocodile. But I digress: it is human horror in our faces…Apr 10, 2022Apr 10, 2022
Jon WardRisky Business: Beyond Good and EvilThe Ukraine war is framed as a battle between good and evil, between a heroic victim and a monstrous villain, between David and Goliath…Mar 8, 2022Mar 8, 2022
