Frank S. Robinson
Frank S. Robinson is the author of The Case for Rational Optimism and blogs at The Rational Optimist.
Posts by Frank S. Robinson
PHILOSOPHICALLY SPEAKING | Humans Becoming Gods—or Chips in a Cosmic Computer?
Yuval Noah Harari is a thinker of big ideas. An Israeli historian, he wrote Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2011), about how we... Read More
The Human Future: Upgrade or Replacement?
A computer can be upgraded by adding memory, or a whizzier operating system—but eventually it’s time to just get a new computer. Is humanity’s... Read More
Humanist Voices in Verse: “Ecclesiastes” by Frank S. Robinson
This week we're pleased to publish a new poem "Ecclesiastes" by Frank S. Robinson. Frank S. Robinson is a retired New York State administrative... Read More
Humanist Voices in Verse: “We” by Frank S. Robinson
This week we’re pleased to publish a new poem “We” by Frank S. Robinson. Frank S. Robinson is a retired New York State administrative... Read More
Is Freedom a Mistaken Idea?
If there’s one word that defines the United States and what it’s all about, surely “freedom” is that word. Basically freedom means doing what... Read More