Binary Troubles

I am using "The Scholar, 1901" painted by Ludwig Deutsch, to serve as a poignant depiction of the trials faced by the modern intellectual in an ostensibly straightforward binary world. At least this is what scholar impression translate to my contemporary view. Balancing the scales between rapidly advancing technologies and the complex ethical implications they present can be an arduous journey to navigate. Deutsch's scholar's contemplative gaze and collage mediums of binary as light and shadow that fills the room reflects the weighty decisions and moral dilemmas that entangle modern intellectual.