So forgiveness pre-requires understanding the mistakes of the past? here hear re this opposing this me-first, America-first, white-first, male-first approach>…
Weekly lessons in theology and public life • Since 2011
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Lesson 11: What is Artificial Intelligence?
Read MORE: Lesson 11: What is Artificial Intelligence?I want to return to Ira‘s observation that we are talking about many different understandings of artificial intelligence because it is basic to what I am finding. The individuals to whom I talked certainly did not share the same concept,…
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Lesson 12: AI Now
Read MORE: Lesson 12: AI NowMy son and I wrote about artificial intelligence about 30 years ago. At that time, scholars discussed its effects on society. Some felt we were entering a transhuman stage in evolution. Our group was more concerned about warning that too…
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Lesson 13: The Loss of Culture
Read MORE: Lesson 13: The Loss of CultureWhen I started this series, I was still determining exactly where I was going. Then, I was supplied with an example every week that led the way. Last Tuesday, it was the ad introducing Apple’s new iPad Pro. It was…
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Lesson 14: The Need for Culture
Read MORE: Lesson 14: The Need for CultureA number of people have asked the same kind of question my good friend Myron poses in the following paragraph. I’ll try to find an answer. “I have been wrestling with how to define the culture that is under siege…
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Lesson 15: Participate in Embodied Communities
Read MORE: Lesson 15: Participate in Embodied CommunitiesTechnology and culture offer different approaches to decision-making. Ideally, a community uses technology as a tool for solving certain kinds of problems. Sadly, in modern times, it has been applied to situations that demand more than statistical reasoning, leading to…
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Lesson 16: Education
Read MORE: Lesson 16: EducationThe cultural battles in school board meetings across the nation reflect the tension between culture and technology we have been examining. Communities have always used their educational systems to teach their cultural values. The fights occur because we have significant…
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Lesson 17: Juridification
Read MORE: Lesson 17: JuridificationMany years ago, my son Franz and I did a study on juridification. Chances are you never heard of the term, as it doesn’t appear in many dictionaries. Juridificatiion is the attempt to codify into law every conceivable human transaction…
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Lesson 18: Conclusion (Part 1)
Read MORE: Lesson 18: Conclusion (Part 1)For decades, I have thought that all of our modern problems stem to some degree from the conflict between culture and technology—the two offer completely different understandings of human life and decision-making. Technology defines truth as the accumulation of information.…
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Lesson 19: Conclusion (Part 2)
Read MORE: Lesson 19: Conclusion (Part 2)I found it hard to end this series because something new was in the news every week. Although I had written on technology and religion most of my life, I constantly encountered stuff I knew nothing about. Things are changing…
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An extremely timely topic. Thanks, Fritz!
yes we need to forgive our leaders yet make sure they do the right thing – which they aren’t.