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The Techno-Optimist Manifesto | Andreessen Horowitz

Illustration for <n>The Techno-Optimist Manifesto</n> by <n>Marc Andreessen</n> for <n>Andreessen Horowitz</n>.

Notes on e/acc principles and tenets

Digital illustration by <n>Andrey_Kuzmin</n> in the <n>Retrowave</n> style.

A Guide to Orthodox Liturgical Vestments

From left: Archbishop <n>Chrysostomos II of Cyprus</n>, Patriarch <n>Theodore II of Alexandria</n>, Patriarch <n>Kirill of Moscow</n>, and Patriarch <n>John X of Antioch</n>.

  The Divine Liturgy as Mystical Experience

The Fourth Sunday of Great Lent—St. John Climacus. New Martyr Priest Sergei Mechev

Icon of <n>St. John Climacus</n> from the 12th century, located at <n>Saint Catherine's Monastery</n> in Sinai.

Homily on the Love of God (St. Anthimos of Chios)

A portrait of <n>Saint Anthimos of Chios</n> (1869-1960).

Prayer Amid Digital Noise: The Path to Consciousness in the Age of Notifications

Photo by <n>Muhammed Enes Yıldırım</n> for <n>Anadolu Ajansı</n>.

Oceanic feeling - Wikipedia

<n>Manfred and the Alpine Witch</n> (1837) by artist <n>John Martin</n>.

Advice of Staretz Zossima

Portrait of <n>Saint Ambrose of Optina</n> (d. 1891), who inspired <n>Dostoevsky</n>'s character <n>Staretz Zossima</n>.

Effects of External Stimulation on Psychedelic State Neurodynamics

Tripping in the Bronze Age

A <n>3,000-year-old human hair sample</n> from Menorca, Spain, showing Bronze Age drug use. Photo by <n>Scientific Reports</n>.

The archaic use of hallucinogens in Europe: an archaeology of altered states

A screenshot illustrating a PDF viewer issue within the <n>AppSheet</n> platform.

“You Have to Force Yourself”. St. John of Kronstadt

<n>Saint John of Kronstadt</n> (1829-1908). Colorization by <n>Klimbim</n>.

Russian cosmism - Wikipedia

Illustration by <n>A. Gofman</n> for <n>Konstantin Tsiolkovsky</n>'s 1893 story '<n>On the Moon</n>'.

Religious ecstasy - Wikipedia

Orthodoxy & Psychedelics

La compréhension orthodoxe de l’Eucharistie

Moscow, third Rome - Wikipedia

The <n>Imperial Standard of the Emperor of Russia (1858–1917)</n>. Digital illustration by <n>Sodacan</n>.

Engraved Classical gems — a brief history

Ancient Roman and Italic engraved gems from <n>The Content Family Collection</n>, sold at <n>Christie's</n>.

“He sought the most important thing—prayerful union with God”

A 1905 portrait of <n>St. Silouan the Athonite</n> (1866-1938).

La maison mythique d'Andy Warhol dans les Hamptons

<n>Andy Warhol</n>, <n>Lee Radziwill</n>, and friends in Montauk, 1972. Photo by <n>Peter Beard</n>.

Generative AI in Fashion Imagery: A Current Assessment and Future Outlook

AI-generated fashion moodboard by <n>Ontologie Studio</n> and <n>Federico Donelli</n>.

La quête d’absolu des libertariens, apôtres de la liberté individuelle à tout prix

Illustration by <n>Leafar</n> for <n>Le Monde</n>.

Jordan Belson: Sentience in Celluloid - The Culturium -

DVD cover for <n>Jordan Belson: 5 Essential Films</n>, produced by the <n>Center for Visual Music</n>.

The aesthetics of Russian Orthodox Church architecture: A philosophical, historical, and critical investigation

<n>Icon of the Exaltation of the Cross</n> from the <n>Novgorod School</n>, late 15th century.

Visual essay: How Timothy Leary and a Millbrook mansion shaped the 1960s psychedelic movement

Psychologist <n>Timothy Leary</n> at the <n>Hitchcock Estate</n> in Millbrook, New York, 1966. Photo by <n>Express Newspapers</n>.