As the automation of work advances, what questions should we be asking about the future of work? Read more
As the automation of work advances, what questions should we be asking about the future of work? Read more
Digital technologies have been changing our lives since the middle of the twentieth century. Digital transformation focuses on what we are experiencing now. Read more
There is a new digital dimension to reality, blending with and enhancing our embodied lives and physical world. Read more
Reflections on Neal Stephenson’s Fall, new ends, a new end for the library, and the Simulation Argument. Read more
I have been writing about The Robloxian Christians (TRC), a church that exists in the virtual world of Roblox. We have looked at the mission, “reality,” and relationality of TRC. We also began an examination of TRC in light of general ecclesiology to theologically address the assert the extent to which an online church is, indeed, a church, an affirmation at which many balk. We posited this basic ecclesiology: A church is where we corporately and formally enter into the... Read more
In our increasingly complex technological environment of distributed agency, in whom and what do we trust? Read more
Coders play a glorified role in our society. They are makers-of-worlds. To see your code spring to life is a wonderful, exhilarating experience. Coders know what this feels like. This creative power inspires altruism in the hacker ethic. It also contributes to idealistic thinking that can slide into techno-utopianism. In previous posts, we have celebrated the beauty of this creativity, and noticed the risk of hubris that sprouts from it. With power comes moral responsibility. The root problem is sin,... Read more
“I like to think (and the sooner the better!) of a cybernetic meadow where mammals and computers live together in mutually programming harmony like pure water touching clear sky.” — Richard Brautigan In his 1967 poem, “All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace”, Richard Brautigan dreamed of an idyllic place, “where mammals and computers live together in mutually programming harmony.” Brautigan wrote the poem during his short stay as poet-in-residence at the California Institute of Technology, as likely a... Read more
“It’s never going to go to zero.” So says Mike Schroepfer, Facebook’s chief technology officer, in a New York Times interview. “It” is the on-going stream of hate, malicious messaging and bad behavior that Facebook’s platform promulgates. Schroepfer is simply being realistic. But his realism flies in the face of his boss’s belief that the solution to Facebook is more Facebook. Schroepfer’s admission is a coy, but direct, rebuttal of his boss’s idealistic insistence that Facebook can police itself and... Read more
Where are people of faith speaking into discussions about the ethics and future of technology? Read more
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