Most of the precepts are evident today, though there is some speculation embedded as well. Enlightenment thinkers are quick to note that any one particular prediction is unlikely to be reality.

President David Munson delivered an address at the Light and Sound Interactive conference on Tuesday, Sept. 12, at the Floreano Riverside Convention Center. Below is the full text of his remarks.

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The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment will perform a night of classical music in Basingstoke. Conducted by Kati ...

The coil of human transformation is often wound tightly. And, as we have seen in the past, and once set in motion, insurmountable change is at hand. Certain epochs stand out, reshaping not just our ...

I’ve always been a creature of darkness — in my external environment, if not in my soul. For decades, my workspaces have been dimly lit, moody and cave-like. People who come to my office door to ask a ...

The promise of Bitcoin remains intact because its design circumvents the fragile human ego in ways that no other human endeavor ever has. The human ego is a fragile thing. It’s quick to judge, ...

Floggings, the pillory, gibbeting, running the gauntlet — terms that are seldom used today but which once described some of the most common non-executionary forms of criminal punishment in ...