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  • Ender’s Game, A.I., and the Power of Empathy

    Ender’s Game, A.I., and the Power of Empathy

    I was 13 or 14 years old when I first read Ender’s Game. I stayed up nearly all night on a school night to finish it—unheard of for me at that age. I adored it. I have always been a sensitive person, very observant, with deep empathy. I was right in the middle of a…

  • Virtue in LOTR Part II: Elrond

    Virtue in LOTR Part II: Elrond

    (Originally published on the MythicMind Substack) I’ve been examining the virtue ethics in The Lord of the Rings. In Part 1, I sketched an overview of how differently Tolkien’s characters think and make decisions as compared to the modern self. Now we are going to start zooming in on certain characters in particular. Our first…