Purity in the Digital Age
by Francis X. MaierLittle in the digital age is truly hidden. Continue Reading »
A Counted People
by Marc BarnesThe Times of Israel recently reported that archaeologists had uncovered a “miniscule biblical stone weight” from excavations of the foundations of the Western Wall of the Second Jewish Temple. It is round, about the size of a marble, and marked with the Hebrew word beka. . . . . Continue Reading »
Postnatural Intelligence
by David Lloyd DusenburyFrankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus belongs to the literature of the uncanny. But the young Mary Shelley who wrote it—or rather, the teenaged Mary Godwin who sketched it in a summerhouse near Geneva—was nothing if not canny. Her 1818 debut novel was and still is hugely . . . . Continue Reading »
Let’s Rebalance
by R. R. RenoOn election night, Tuesday, November 6, returns came in. There were wins and losses. My blood pressure rose and fell, exulting in victories and anguished in defeats. But morning came, and the evening’s ardor had drained away during the night’s sleep. More dispassionate, I mulled over a question . . . . Continue Reading »
When Older Tech Is Better
by K. E. ColombiniOld tech beckons us to pause rather than react; to think, rather than do. Continue Reading »
Your Mind Uploaded in a Computer Would Not Be You
by Wesley J. SmithVisionaries in Silicon Valley hope to defeat death by uploading human minds to computers. Continue Reading »
Bros Against Humanity
by Justin LeeIn Silicon Valley, women are subject to appalling amounts of sexual harassment. Continue Reading »
Proofs for God in the
Pret A Manger Age
by Dan Hitchens
How do traditional proofs for God's existence fare in our technological era? Continue Reading »
Phenomenology of the Hand
by Mark BauerleinIf you teach high school or college students, or have kids who are passing through those places, and if your duties include grading papers, or you watch your kids struggle with writing assignments, I have a piece of advice. Tell them to try composing by hand, with pen and paper, not on the . . . . Continue Reading »
The Most Important Thinker We Don’t Know
by Francis X. MaierItalian intellectual Augusto Del Noce wrote some of the best analysis anywhere of technology’s impact on Western politics, economics, and culture. Continue Reading »
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