The art of Stephen Wong Chun Hei and Chow Chun Fai shows that despite everything, Honk Kong is still Hong Kong. — By Daniel Gauss At Tang Contemporary, in Stephen Wong Chun Hei’s paintings, the city of Hong Kong reflects artificial, supernatural, even gaudy, colors. Indeed, it is as if nature and the city are both plugged into the same electrical power source, reflecting the same neon shimmer and shine. Meretricious Hong…

Last night I watched Fiddler on the Roof. — By Edie Weinstein Last night, as I was flipping through the channels and landing on PBS, I was delighted to have caught the beginning of this classic film, that I have seen numerous times throughout my life. The film version of Fiddler on the Roof was released in 1971 and…

It truly seems like we’re hurdling towards end times. — By Jeff Cann I stayed up late in those days, when our kids were young. Sophie in grade school, Eli still in preschool. We put our kids to bed by seven or eight. Susan followed around nine. I stayed up until midnight or later, reading or watching a movie. Dystopia…

as the astounding experiences swirl around me — By Edie Weinstein

Sentience is the rate at which any system can know, with a maximum of 1. — By David Stephen There is a recent article, AI isn’t close to becoming sentient — the real danger lies in how easily we’re prone to anthropomorphize it, where the author stated that, “Even if chatbots become more than fancy autocomplete machines — and they are far from it — it…

It might take a couple of weeks for me to be able to reliably see single images again. — By Jeff Cann “How about pain? What should I expect while I’m recovering?” I asked the wrong question. What I should have asked is “Will it flipping work?” The other day, my wife Susan drove me to the Lancaster Surgery Center, an hour-and-twenty-minutes away. A well-respected ophthalmological surgeon cut and…

Almost 95% of folks who use a firearm in a suicide attempt die. They don’t get a second chance. — By Jed Diamond Ph.D I wept when I heard Katrina Brees share the story of her mother’s death on the CBS Morning Show. For more than a decade, Katrina and her mother, Donna, worked side-by-side producing parades in New Orleans. …

Looking for beauty can replace an expectation of ugliness. — By Ira Rabois One morning last week, I was driving to my old school to lead two workshops for teenagers on mindfulness and wellness, and I turned on NPR. They were playing an interview by Shankar Vedantam of psychologist Jer Clifton, from an episode of their program The Hidden Brain…

Seek to connect. — By Taylor García I Am Here For You With An Open Heart Mantras for living: I am here for you with an open heart. I empathize with how you feel. I seek to understand what you want. I seek to understand what you need. I exercise patience, calm, and care with you. Your words and behaviors matter to me. …