In the 21st century, people rely on a vast database — the internet — of so-called reliable information. People can make verbal or written queries to acquire answers.
Well over 3,300 years ago, in and around Athens, Greece, a man named Aristotle assembled a huge database of knowledge. He and his assistants recorded on papyri everything they could. This included topics such as logic, linguistics, botany, metaphysics, philosophy, among other subjects. For well over a thousand years after his death, Medieval and Renaissance scholars and students relied on Aristotle’s database to provide education and guidance. Such was the depth of the Ancient Greek’s database, which was encyclopedic.
The database of knowledge we are beginning to use today is based on information from the internet. Our new relationship with it is called Artificial Intelligence.
Aristotle’ database was natural, not artificial.
For centuries, people relied on his database. Today we rely on ours: the internet and Artificial Intelligence and its complex algorithms.
However, Aristotle was way ahead of his time.
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Charles Ynfante was and is involved in media. He is an author, whose fiction and non-fiction books can be found at Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Apple Books, Tolino, and Amazon.
He wrote book reviews for UCLA the American Indian Culture and Research Journal:
Red Man’s in the Warpath: The Image of the “Indian” and Second World War. Vol. 28 (2005) 4.
A Zuni Life: A Pueblo Indian in Two Worlds. Vol. 24 (1999) 1.
Son of Two Bloods. Vol. 22 (1998) 1.
He was a Fellow at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC.
He was a previous participant in Hollywood. He has worked with Jack Warden, Sam Elliot, Emilio Delgado, Tim O’Connor, Joe Mantell, James Whitmore, Ned Romero, among others.
MGM STUDIOS. Motion Picture: “They Only Come OUT at Night.” (character: Tall Chief). Co-starred with Jack Warden. Written by Al Martinez. Directed by Daryl Duke. Produced by Everett Chambers and Robert Monroe.
DAVID WOLPER PRODUCTIONS. Motion Picture: “I Will Fight No More Forever.” (character: Yellow Wolf). He co-starred with Sam Elliot, James Whitmore, Emilio Delgado, Ned Romero, and others. Directed by Richard T. Heffron. Written by Jeb Rosebrook and Theodore Strauss. Produced by David L. Wolper, Stan Margulies, and Malcom Alper.
IRWIN ALLEN PRODUCTIONS – Television Show: “Swiss Family Robinson.” (character: Shaman, Jr. One television show).
PRDUCERS STUDIO / D.R. PRODUCTIONS. Television Series: “You in Public Service.” (character: one of four).
DAVID WOLPER PRODUCTIONS. Motion Picture: “Bigfoot.” (character: John).
DANIEL WILSON PRODUCTIONS. Motion Picture: “The Sioux.” (character: Little Hunter).
DESORT AND SAM PRODUCTIONS. Television Commercial: “Straw Hat Pizza.” (character: Counter boy).
Theater experience:
Canterbury Tales (the Merchant).
Fiddler on the Roof (Sasha).
Othello (Iago).
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (George).
Cabaret (Ernest Ludwig).
The Fantastics (El Gallo).
The Crucible (Governor Danforth).
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (Horatio).
Fiddler on the Roof (Sasha).
Boys in the Band (Larry).
The Apple Tree (the serpent).
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Snoopy).
Biedermann and the Firebugs (Sepp).
The Agreement (Sal).
Suddenly Last Summer (Dr. Sugar).
Mad Woman of Chaillot (Dr. Jardin).
Blithe Sprit (Dr. Randolph).
Night Must Fall (Belsize).
Annie Get Your Gun (Sitting Bull).
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