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### Phineas and Ferb is (an) Epic

01 Nov 2024
Thomas A. Christensen II

“Ancient literary epics often followed a specific structure that centered around an event or journey.” The episode structure of Phineas and Ferb, which has been delighting audiences for decades, is more closely aligned with ancient literary epics than modern hero’s journey novels.

While the term “hero’s journey” was popularized by Joseph Campbell in his work, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, the model he proposed is based on archetypes and mythological …

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### A Brief History of Medicine (2438)

01 May 2024
Thomas A. Christensen II

I still remember the first time I set foot in the hospital where I would spend most of my working life. It was 2123, and medicine was already a highly advanced field, thanks to the rapid progress made possible by nanotechnology and artificial intelligence. The patient I was assigned to that day was an elderly man who had been suffering from a rare genetic disorder for years. With the help of a swarm of microscopic robots that could repair damaged cells at a molecular level, we were able to …

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