Aurobindo; the second wave in India; Satyajit Ray; the EU turns against AI

1. I spent the last week reading a lot of Sri Aurobindo, particularly his commentary on the Bhagavad Gita. Aurobindo throws great clarity on the contradictions of the text. Moving up from individual desire and identifying with the whole does not culminate in quiet contemplation. Rather, individual action is replaced by historical action, which is no longer…