Some Things Last Longer Than Others
When taking a long, hard look at their lives, people don’t like what they see. They often realize that what they stood for wasn’t good […]
Shard is home to a collection of monologs, articles and social commentary by EON, child of Time, whose regard of humanity is scathing. It also hosts RANT HQ.
In Terms Of Time
To paraphrase a famous saying, it’s gods all the way up, and down, and all around. If humanity were God’s imperfect creation, practicing its way […]
Rabid Omnivores
Here’s a fact: We are ruled by monkeys. That either makes us monkeys, or it makes us creatures over whom monkeys rule […]
Humanity’s Problem
They say that true totalitarianism, oppression, and overall exploitation are invisible when at their peak, like water is to […]
The Honest Man And The Practical Man (Destruction And Love)
The honest man practises and preaches love for those he loves and cares for and represents, and also practises and preaches the destruction of whatever […]
The First And Final Words Belong To Science
Some people believe that Irma is the product of too much homosexuality in the world, or a black man in the Oval Office, or the […]
Through Thick And Thin
Even when we champion tradition, a less chaotic version of life, the bedrock of which are wisdom and continuity, we embrace our vices all the […]
Recycling The Old Face
We all have something we need, something for which we’d betray our beliefs — a weakness, a vice, a child or loved one, something to […]
Shamelessly Human
Ever wonder why the world seems to teeter-totter on the brink of bedlam and ruin? How it keeps running into the same problems over and […]
AI Invents Its Own Language . . .
. . . Researchers Shut It Down! Kapish? The name of the game is catchup, and we’re going to be playing it, big time […]