Tag: Capaneus

Block the Sun, Move the Planets, Save the World!

In the last few years we have had at least three amazing, mind-boggling concepts from the super-rich and super-powerful elites who, though unelected, seem to have extraordinary influence over governments, academic institutions, and the working lives of ordinary people. In no particular order these three ideas are: One, that we can go to Mars and…


Myths for Our Times, Part 2: Capaneus and the Age of Hubris

What does the story of the great ancient warrior Capaneus have to do with technology today? Or with the myth of Frankenstein, for that matter? In our first article in this two-part series, we looked at how the myth of Frankenstein (and its Greek-related story of Prometheus) was a warning to us about the dangers…