The Declaration of Rome appealed “to leaders of the world’s great religions to inform and mobilize members of every faith to join in a global movement to protect the world’s children.”
Technology
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Facebook, Microsoft try to keep up with vast scale of online abuse
Representatives from Facebook and Microsoft called for increased cooperation to develop, share and utilize digital tools to prevent and stop abuse.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Vatican conference focuses on dangers ‘dark web’ poses to children
“It’s not about scaremongering. It’s about protecting children from abuse on the internet.”
Posted inLast Take, Politics & Society
Who’s afraid of transhumanism? (We all should be)
From its inception, the abolition of human death and aging has been one of the goals of transhumanism.
Posted inArts & Culture, Last Take
Slack and Trello and Google Docs, oh my! On realizing I am a technological dinosaur
The new guy at America’s office discovers technology passed him by.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
A lesson from Pope Francis for Miami’s gridlocked roads
South Florida may be known for its beaches, but it is also notorious for traffic and road rage.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Gene editing: Gateway to Promised Land or key to Pandora’s box?
Yonat Shimron interviews Arthur Caplan, the founding head of the Division of Bioethics at New York University, about the ramifications of a recent breakthrough in embryonic gene editing.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
On Google, we become like gods—and act like animals
We were made for more than the manipulation of words and images.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and The Case Against Billionaire Philanthropy As We Know It
Philanthropy should be regarded as a subdomain of democracy, not an exception to it.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
Internet privacy is about the common good, not just competition and consumers
Internet regulation needs to serve the common good, not only the maintenance of profit margins.