Jamesian Philosophy Refreshed

Consider how Kubrick,the legendary movie director behind 2001: A Space Odyssey,  and other classic films, might have summarized the history of philosophy.  First scene: a stone monolith appears in ancient Ionia, and Thales begins to wonder whether there might be a single material substratum for all things. Thales throws a bone into the air, wondering if it will turn into water. The viewers of the movie seem to see the bone turn into a baguette, and ...  A long time thereafter, another monolith is discovered in France, and Descartes imagines that he could and should move beyond solipsism. He launches a project, called modern philosophy, which will explore the furthest regions of space and find a God who can guarantee that no evil demon is fooling us.  A computer named STRAUSS is then invented as an artificial lifeform that/who composes suitable music for inspiring moments like the appearance of monoliths.  But STRAUSS is conflicted because ... thus spoke Nietzsch...

I'm getting pretty tired of these ads telling people to keep checking their credit score, aren't you, dear reader? Credit score hyper-consciousness seems unhealthy both economically and psychologically. It all sounds a bit like a message from a certain brand of 1950s sci-fi movie. "Keep watching the skies!" The idea that humans should keep watching the skies (for UFOs and such) was code for the real-world anxiety that Americans had to keep watching the skies for Russian bombers or, as time rolled on and the anxieties became updated, for Russian missiles. If you keep watching the skies, you may know when to "duck and cover," which will be really useful. Or ... not. And continued checking of an online service to stay up on your credit score?  ... not all that useful for most people with most lifestyles most of the time.