Humanism has given way to "posthumanism," the blending of humans and machines. Robert Lazu Kmita argues that human beings now think of themselves as machines. Which makes it easy to think of machines as human beings.
Humanism has given way to "posthumanism," the blending of humans and machines. Robert Lazu Kmita argues that human beings now think of themselves as machines. Which makes it easy to think of machines as human beings.
I review a new book by the Catholic thinker R. J. Snell entitled "Lost in the Chaos: Immanence, Despair, and Hope." It's a devastating critique of secularism. As such, it makes an important contribution to contemporary Christian apologetics. [A free post, to be shared.] Read more
Imprisonment without trial for a "hate crime" before it's committed, the UK bans puberty blockers, and walking back defunding the police.
We have been blogging about the different kinds of conservatism contending today--National Conservatism, Freedom Conservatism, Cultural Conservatism, etc. Southern Baptist theologian Andrew T. Walker argues that ALL types of conservatism need to be grounded in the reality of God.
Last Sunday we switched to Daylight Savings Time, bringing back the great debate about whether to make it permanent, make Standard Time permanent, or keep switching depending on the season.
Now that freely-available Artificial Intelligence programs can generate images, we are seeing them everywhere. But can they or should they be used to make sacred art?
Sebastian Morello makes an important distinction between being "pre-Christian" and "post-Christian." He then says that "the conservative-liberal, Right-Left divide means almost nothing now" and proposes a new paradigm.
A journalist was shocked to find that "Christian nationalists" believe that rights come from God and not from government. Never mind that the notion of God-given rights constitute the "self-evident truths" of the Declaration of Independence. The difference between those and rights bestowed by the government (as in France declaring that abortion is a constitutional right).
Another bad idea from France, Colorado's DNA scandal, and world hunger gives way to world obesity.
Sixty years ago, thirty years before the worldwide web, Marshall McLuhan not only anticipated the internet, social media, artificial intelligence, and other technologies, he predicted the impact they would have and the problems they would create.
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