I have learned that belief is not unique to those who consider themselves religious.
Technology
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Why the U.S. going to the moon still matters to immigrants
If the frontier of the U.S.-Mexico border represents the America that would exclude me, space is the frontier that invites me.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: One giant leap for mankind
The culmination of President John F. Kennedy’s vision, the lunar landing was the seminal event of a decade that began with promise and ended with sorrow, including assassinations, wars and social upheaval.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
Can the technology behind Bitcoin be used to build a belief system?
Bitcoin has value because people believe in it and evangelize it, and the more that value increases, the more incentive there is to evangelize it.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
The Vatican and Catholic colleges are weighing-in on the emerging AI ethics debate
The Marquette students are part of a growing movement of tech sector professionals, religious leaders and Silicon Valley workers wrestling with profound questions about whether future technologies will be used for good or evil.
Posted inOf Many Things, Politics & Society
Social media reinforces clean divisions, but reality is messy.
Social media, in other words, often deepens existing ideological and partisan divisions by reinforcing only those viewpoints with which we are already most inclined to agree, writes Matt Malone, SJ, in his latest column.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis to teens: Break your phone addiction
“When you become a slave to your phone, you lose your freedom,” Pope Francis said.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
African sisters put social enterprises to work building community
“You cannot evangelize to people who are hungry, who are dying, who are not getting an education.”
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
Can better corporate organization humanize the marketplace? Kickstarter is finding out.
Kickstarter is one of a small but growing number of entities, known as “benefit corporations” or “public benefit corporations,” that are ushering in a new approach to business.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Western societies can’t ignore the ‘crisis of trust’ we’re experiencing
Our society—and our economy—depends on trust for its very survival. So what do we do when cries of “fake news” erode our willingness to believe each other?