Scientists are in the business of seeing unseen things. I’ve noticed that whenever I learn about the discovery of something that’s never been seen or known before, I feel a sense of epiphany and elation - an instinctive, illumining kind of joy. It makes me think that I’m made to… [more]
Science & Technology
Why big data has nothing on God’s omnipotence
I’ve been thinking a lot about what we can do with data lately, and also its limits. A recent article at The Verge describes how the extensive amount of surveillance information about the Boston Marathon did not help as much as one would think in preventing the tragic attack that… [more]
Personalizing Netflix and the danger of closed systems
Netflix - along with all of the other big-data algorithms that insist on telling me what I like, want or need - is shrinking my life. I just hit the “Personalize” button on my Netflix page and was prompted to input and rate all of the movies I’d watched in… [more]
How abortion has skewed the reproductive ethics debate
About 10 years ago, my husband and I went through a difficult few months as we considered whether to use a genetic screening technique to ensure that our second child wouldn’t inherit my painful bone disorder, as our first daughter did. As we met with doctors and cared for our… [more]
Driver-less cars and the rise of moral machines
Near the end of a New Yorker piece titled “Moral Machines” appears something like a thesis: “As machines become faster, more intelligent and more powerful, the need to endow them with a sense of morality becomes more and more urgent.” But that statement begs a question: can conscience be encoded… [more]
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Matthew Lee Grannell We give a technology the responsibility to perform a function - what we think is necessary, and therefore a piece of who we are. Who we are in the Pakistan/drone illustration is deeply disturbing.
Driver-less cars and the rise of moral machines
Mari-Anna Frangen Stalnacke I personally use Pinterest to do ministry. So let's not throw (out) the baby with the bath water. Authentic living is possible in social media, too.
Does Pinterest promote consumerism or community?
Jason Erik Summers I think another aspect Christians ought to consider is the framing of the ethical debate about freedom and justice. It's essentially a liberal/individualistic one, which Christians may want to reject on principle.
Christian wisdom and navigating SOPA/PIPA's muddy waters
Ken Leonard Using Price Check? I guess it's okay, though I'm among those who thinks that it's a lousy promotion. I'm not legalistic enough to call it sin, but it's classless, at least.
Should Christians use Amazon's Price Check app?
Tanny Thank you for putting into words exactly why I'm uncomfortable with how much time I (and others) spend on the internet, watching TV, etc. It's not that we've lost the ability to have conversations, it's that it's become easier to see real people as just another image to consume.
Screen images as neighbors
Dianna I stopped using pseudonyms years ago because I felt that, if I can't be comfortable putting my name on what I'm writing, then why am I writing it?
Should Christians use online pseudonyms?