Exhausted by optimisation, Im seeking solace in the past. As Sibeliuss swans soar skywards, so do my spirits | Joseph Earp

Humans have always been capable of transcending the lock box of daily life with little more technology at their side than wood, string, a baton and their voicesAt this fundamentally exhausting moment in human history, we find ourselves slap bang in the middle of a progress arms race, where everything - literally everything - is posed as perfectable.Thats not just thanks to the AI industry, though its acolytes shout the loudest when they tell us that their plagiarism robots can help us blast thro...