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The Technicisation of Thought and the Crisis of Comprehension
The audio commentary on MICE’s Contributory Economy and Human Authorship: Abstract This essay critiques the cognitive and economic pathologies of the digital public sphere, focusing on the content and conversational problems of dominant social media platforms such as Facebook. Utilizing Dr. Neville Buch’s frameworks of Sufficient Comprehension and the Dynamic of Cognition (DoC), we diagnose…
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Understanding Local-Global Framing for Unitarian-Universalism (UU)
The audio commentary on MICE’s Contributory Economy and Human Authorship: Abstract This essay explores the intellectual development of Unitarian-Universalism (UU) through the cognitive triad of Unity, Universality, and Sufficient Comprehension. It frames this “cognitive ascent” as a critical countermeasure to contemporary pathologies of thought. By drawing on the Dynamic of Cognition (DoC) and Spiral Historiography,…
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The Hard Question of Generative A.I. Reclaiming Human Authorship in the Age of Generative A.I.
The audio commentary on the work of Dr. Neville Buch and other sociologists and philosophers. Dr Neville Buch[1] Abstract This essay explores the intersecting challenges of human agency, cognitive autonomy, and institutional control in the era of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). Centred on the critical sociological synthesis of Roe and Perkins (2026), it examines the…
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The Double Mandate: Faith and Citizenship in 2026
Abstract In the contemporary landscape of 2026, the intersection of civic duty and spiritual commitment is often obscured by “historical forgetfulness” and the “blunt categories” of the religious/secular binary. This essay evaluates Charles Ringma’s draft reflection, “Linkedin.scribblers.citizen.christian,” which argues for a “double mandate” where an individual is simultaneously a secular citizen and a religious participant…
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Conservative Blindness
David A. Graham, A Stubbornly Naive Group of GOP Senators, The Atlantic, 19 August 2026. The conservative blindness is holding out when everyone else can see the terrible wrongness. A Stubbornly Naive Group of GOP Senators A small caucus of non-MAGA Republicans keeps falling for the president’s flimsy promises. By David A. Graham August 19,…
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H-E-R-M-E-N-E-U-T-I-C-S. Rules of Hermeneutics. Understanding and Judging Context
Dr Neville Buch[1] Abstract The clash between the rules of hermeneutics and the unthinking rules of politics represents a fundamental struggle between the restoration of meaning and the mechanics of technical reductionism. Hermeneutics, derived from the Greek hermeneuein (“to interpret”) and linked to the messenger god Hermes, is the branch of knowledge dealing with the…
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The Swans Incident: A Study in Australian Cultural Decay
Dr Neville Buch[1] Swan Song August 2026 In the winter chill of a fading year, A Swan Song echoes, sharp and clear. Across the Yarra, where the shadows creep, The secrets of the hotel halls they keep. Australian Black Swans, in their flight so high, Now grounded where the broken ethics lie. A nation watches,…
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The Death of Scholarship in the Managed Academy
Dr Neville Buch[1] Abstract This essay evaluates the sociological and intellectual crisis within elite higher education through the lens of Tyler Austin Harper’s 2026 Atlantic article, “Confessions of a Token Black Professor.” Using Dr. Neville Buch’s Dynamic of Cognition (DoC) framework, the analysis maps Harper’s narrative of institutional hypocrisy at Bates College as a case…
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Personal Pain: A Record of Despair for the Day of Hope
Dr Neville Buch I wake reluctantly each morning to the knowledge that she is not there. I am in a state of disbelief, each day, before I am in despair. Ruth died for my sins; Ruth died for my working life. None of my successes in the last decade would have been possible if she…
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The Queensland Intellectual Recovery and The Sociology of Education
Series Abstract: The Queensland Intellectual Recovery and The Sociology of Education This series highlights the local work of a dozen colleagues in the sociology of education and the broader field of public education, highlighting a critical deficit in current academic institutions. Despite the rich intellectual heritage of the region, contemporary staff profiles at The University…