On its face, Google’s “Don’t Be Evil” slogan seems like a refreshing change in the corporate world, a stance to do what is right and moral. However, recent actions by the company, including their recent decision to use its users’ names and likenesses in advertisements, seem to fly in the face of their slogan. However, as Ian Bogost argues, that’s because the “evil” Google refers to is not the same sort of “evil” that most people think of when they... Read more
Remember the liquid metal guy from Terminator 2 and how he could reconfigure himself into different shapes? A group of scientists at MIT are working on something similar. It’s not liquid metal, but it’s still amazing. NPR‘s Robert Krulwich reports how these scientists are designing reconfigurable robots made from smart cubes. Each cube can move itself, even jumping through the air, to change the shape and function of the robot. Read more
Guest Contributor Esther O'Reilly explains how Steve McQueen found his true self later in life. Read more
"Regardless of the intention behind Shovels & Rope’s spiritual aesthetics, they are present throughout." Read more
" In literature, through a subtle mystery, we become other people while remaining ourselves." Read more
After the NSA scandal, the American public has become increasingly aware of a threat to First Amendment rights, a topic of concern potentially alarming for people of faith. Even journalists covering the issue have been met with resistance as the Obama administration has taken unprecedented anti-press measures. The Committee to Protect Journalists is now openly accusing Obama of being “the worst president ever on issues of national security and press freedom.” Read more
We learn to trust and love through one another. Read more
"Any form of immortality which cannot account for the totality of existence, and which can't transcend our limitations and blind spots, is no immortality at all." Read more
“The last enemy to be destroyed is death.” -1 Corinthians 15:26 We first met Lacey in a pet store in Raleigh, North Carolina. My wife and I had been married about eight months and had decided to take the next step in married-adult responsibility: getting a pet. We quarreled over how big our dog should be. I wanted a larger dog, like a Labrador. She wanted a lap dog, like a poodle. Lacey was a Shetland Sheep dog. She was eight... Read more
"The best books -- like the best music or television or movies or comics or video games -- can challenge us and force us to think or perceive aspects of life that we may prefer to avoid." Read more
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