Ancient questions. Modern Life.
About modern Delphi
Socrates asked: What does a life - well lived - look like?
What would he think of ours?
We live in a world that is so attention-seeking that our ancestors may not have been able to comprehend it.
The Internet has connected us with each other, yet disconnected us from each other.
We are more informed than ever, yet I believe Socrates would have warned us…
that is exactly the time for uncertainty.
In a world of fast food and quick reels, we have become hungry for substance.
What a perfect time to examine the nature of a life well lived.
Modern Delphi is a place to explore what it means to participate fully in our own lives. I bring my writing, questions, and things I make. You bring your experience, your curiosity, and your own discernment.
I write to make sense of myself and the world around me. I want to examine what we think we know. To ask: who makes our decisions, and why? To understand ourselves and others.
I seek balance.
I am interested in both empathy and analysis, the mythic and the mundane.
There is space here for philosophical thinking and everyday experiences. For exploring how we think with AI, and what we want to keep thinking through for ourselves. For poetry that gives an emotion a form, a card that lets us share it, or a journal that gives us somewhere to be with our experience.
I have positions, opinions, and questions I have not answered. You will probably find all three here. My hope is that you encounter something that excites your curiosity, gives words to something you have felt, or opens a possibility you had not considered.
We can explore together without arriving at the same place, and both be better for it.
Hi, I'm Maria.
I write for the joy of it.
I read, make things, get curious, and love to cook.
I care about making a home welcoming, having meaningful conversations, and finding meaning in everyday life.
I love technology. I am always learning something new, trying something, or wondering what would happen if I approached it differently. That curiosity moves between ideas and everyday life. I like to experiment, make things work, and discover possibilities I had not considered before.
I am a mother, wife, nurse, and teacher. My background in psychiatric nursing, leadership, and education has shaped me. Martha Rogers’ work strengthened my already established love of holism and my view of the whole person.
I believe that connection is essential. Our connection to each other, as well as the connections between ourselves, our surroundings, and the lives we choose.
Food, home, ordinary rituals, and things made by hand matter to me. They give our lives texture and give us something to share.
Science has shaped me too. I value the practice of examining evidence, making assumptions explicit, and considering how much weight to give what we learn. I want to participate in that thinking, and I believe it belongs to all of us.
As I have grown older, I have ... softened. My relationships have deepened. I have seen people languish and flourish. My experiences keep bringing me back to the idea of autonomy: how do we care for one another while respecting that each of us has our own life?
I believe that compassionate conversations are difficult and yet necessary. Knowing and respecting ourselves and others matters. I have become more willing to say what I think, to listen, to lean into difficult conversations.
Modern Delphi brings these parts of my life together: the questions that stay with me, what I am learning, and what I want to put into the world.
And, like everyone else, I am still practising.
Let's connect
Interested in bringing these questions into a workshop, presentation, or conversation with your group?
I welcome inquiries about mental health, thinking with AI, and the ways empathy and discernment shape how we live and work. Tell me about your audience, what you are exploring, and what you hope people will take away.
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