Sightings Articles
How Not to Be a Feckless Moral Hustler
A topsy-turvy story from the Zhuangzi shows up the limits of noble intentions...
April 12, 2021
Save Uighur, Save China
Six Uighur sisters were each robbed of their husbands when Chinese authorities placed the men in concentration camps. They also forcefully took their children to communist-run orphanages and placed Chinese men in each of the sisters’ homes. This stor...
February 28, 2019
AlphaGo's Victory Over Korean Go-Master Showcases Western vs. Neo-Confucian Values
In a historical milestone for Artificial Intelligence (AI), AlphaGo, an updated (General) AI developed by Google’s DeepMind unit, challenged Korean Go grandmaster Lee Sedol, and handily won, 4 to 1. Go is a game with a nearly infinite number of possi...
June 23, 2016
Musing on the Dharma through a Flower: A Medieval Japanese Arhat from the Smart Museum
Upon closer examination......