I recently had the opportunity to do some work for “Orthodoxy & Heterodoxy” on the meaning of “nous” and why it’s so hard to translate this tricky little Greek word. This grew…
From, “Interview About “Gratitude in Life’s Trenches”: Even in saying that we can have gratitude for our suffering, there is a potential for this to be taken in various wrong directions. One…
Last week I returned from a week in Denver and the surrounding mountains, where I had my own personal hiking guide, cook, and camping coordinator as a result of speaking about AI…
“I am half sick of shadows,’ said The Lady of Shalott.” —Tennyson A couple days ago I re-read George MacDonald’s fairy tale The Golden Key, as part of a George MacDonald…
The following is from Robert Roberts’ essay ‘The Blessings of Gratitude’ in the volume The Psychology of Gratitude: “The constitutionally grateful person has a shield against such debilitating regrets because he or she…
In Aldous Huxley’s dystopian classic Brave New World, there is a scene where “the Director” is giving students a tour of a nursery designed to produce ideal humans. At one point he…
Rod Dreher hit the nail on the head. Below is what Rod shared in last Friday’s daily diary: We now know more about why the feds indicted Donald Trump. The recklessness of…
From page 78 Byung-Chul Han’s latest book: Stillness emanates from what is unavailable. What is not available stabilizes and deepens our attention; it brings forth a contemplative gaze. The gaze has the…
I have been receiving questions from readers about the spiritual implications of AI and how the church should respond. While I have been addressing the spiritual implications of digital technology for…
Most of you probably know that in addition to this blog, I also write a column at Salvo Magazine. I’ve been using my column as an opportunity to explore the cultural and…
The increasing problems of misinformation and disinformation (now intensified with the possibility of AI-generated deepfakes) has brought my work on information literacy and epistemic virtue to the forefront of many people’s minds.…
From my recent Salvo article “Digital Idolatry: Computers Are Idols in a Strange New Religion“: When the English philosopher, Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), wrote his 1651 political treatise, Leviathan, he had become convinced that…
