“Why Athena?” my mom asked recently. We were in my basement, turning part of it into a guest room. She’d just come upon a framed print of Klimt’s Pallas Athene, intended for my office but still sitting in the box. “I’ve just . . . always liked Athena,” I replied
We’re used to the idea that ideas come from individuals—and in the age of AI, the insistence on human individuality, creativity, and originality has become particularly urgent. Here’s the problem: I don’t necessarily buy it. I don’t necessarily buy that ideas come from individuals, and