Andy Rasmussen
@thehlt.bsky.social
"I just want a happy little theocracy."
Assistant Professor of Literature and Rhetoric.
Student of John Milton. Bass player.
Assistant Professor of Literature and Rhetoric.
Student of John Milton. Bass player.
Reposted by Andy Rasmussen
A Borges story about a guy who gets AI to summarize all the world’s information for him, and then summarize the summary, until the AI has the whole world summarized into a single word. He sits alone at his desk, staring at the word, repeating it endlessly, certain he is experiencing everything
July 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A Borges story about a guy who gets AI to summarize all the world’s information for him, and then summarize the summary, until the AI has the whole world summarized into a single word. He sits alone at his desk, staring at the word, repeating it endlessly, certain he is experiencing everything
Wrote a thing @plough.bsky.social on Milton, politics, and the temptation to be a hero.
www.plough.com/en/topics/ju...
www.plough.com/en/topics/ju...
The Temptation of the Good
Satan tempts Christ with the power to do good. John Milton’s Paradise Regained holds lessons for those trying to reject tyrants and reform nations.
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June 16, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Wrote a thing @plough.bsky.social on Milton, politics, and the temptation to be a hero.
www.plough.com/en/topics/ju...
www.plough.com/en/topics/ju...