"Smart people" are the ones who most fear Artificial Intelligence. But intelligence is only one faculty of the human mind, and not necessarily the most important. Intelligence, or computing power, has nothing to do with consciousness, imagination, or volition. And most of our problems are not due to a lack of intelligence.
The refusal of businesses to take cash--as a way to eliminate having to give change, to prevent theft, and to streamline record keeping--is a growing trend, accelerated by the COVID fear of infection. But some people are objecting, insisting on the value of paying with cash money. My bizarre experience with this involving "Tulsa King" and LAX.
The next big thing in diversity, Silicon Valley turns to "post-rationalism," and half of all internet traffic is bots.
For some time, many artists and writers, having given up on the concept of "beauty" as a mode of cultural oppression, have developed an aesthetic that seeks to be "transgressive." But our moral and cultural norms have become so weakened that there are no values left to transgress. Except for those of woke progressivism.
Some Republicans are saying that conservatives should concentrate on the economy as a political issue, rather than continuing to wage the "culture war." But John Daniel Davidson says that the culture is the only issue. What do you think?
In discussing "The Future of Christianity," R. R. Reno cites a trend that Christians need to be aware of: "A growing challenge to Christianity from the anti-Christian right." Why some conservatives are turning against Christianity and how to answer them.
The English conservative philosopher Michael Oakeshott (1901-1990) distinguishes between the politics of faith and the politics of skepticism. This is not a distinction between religious and secularist politics. Rather, it has to do with faith in politics vs. skepticism about politics.
The relationship between religion and politics is an important topic, but it's far more complicated and nuanced than the media usually portrays.
A congressional staffer embracing Communism (including the brutal bits); advocating gun control while being soft on crime; and euthanizing the homeless.
I came across several articles on Luther's humor--his wit, his satires, and even his scatology, which one scholar found similar to that of another Renaissance monk and scholar, the comical but filthy genius Rabelais--and how this relates to his theology.
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