“Rise up and shine, for your light has come”

2 November 2026

Why keep this conversation, warning, or protest going? Since it is a truism that those who ignore the plea, and ignore history, will spiral, repeating Bernard Stiegler’s pattern of techné, ending with pharmakon as poison.

So, we will ‘bang’ on “their” heads until “they” relent, admit their mistakes and ‘repent,’ or until “their” email system cracks under the strain of unread emails. We are not the fools.

We are not the fools. Historically, reformers do not break; rather, stubborn decision-makers do.

I make no apology for “speaking above my station”. The fools only notice the perception of “status” and often cannot question anything deeper.

We are passionate for kindness and intelligence towards emerging generations.

So, we challenge the powers-that-be to be honest and speak-up, and answer Arif Jameel. What are you doing to:

• to prevent premature monetization through A.I.;
• to educate on the ethical usage of A.I.
• to communicate and implement reforms needed for the present and the future

• Proverbs 24:16: “For though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again…”
• Psalm 74:22: “Rise up, O God [unity of good people], and defend your cause…”
• Ephesians 5:14: “Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ [he who comes for the historical occasion] shall give thee light.”

“Rise up and shine, for your light has come. The shining-greatness of the Lord [the decision-maker] has risen upon you.”

Isaiah 60:1 (New Life / Translation variants)

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Neville Buch

Professional Historian at Professional Historians Association (Queensland) Inc.

Neville Buch (Pronounced Book) Ph.D. is a certified member of the Professional Historians Association (Queensland). Since 2010 he has operated a sole trade business in history consultancy. He was a Q ANZAC 100 Fellow 2014-2015 at the State Library of Queensland. Dr Buch was the PHA (Qld) e-Bulletin, the monthly state association’s electronic publication, and was a member of its Management Committee. He is the Managing Director of the Brisbane Southside History Network.

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