What the Cappadocians — and Thomas Merton — Knew About What Faith Owes the World In the winter of 368, the rains failed across Cappadocia, in what is now central Turkey. Crops withered, grain disappeared into the warehouses of speculators waiting for prices to climb, and people experiencing poverty in Caesarea began to starve. Basil,... Continue Reading →
The Warp and the Weft
The Warp and the Weft Innovate–Educate–Collaborate, See–Judge–Act, and the Thinking Processes of Eliyahu Goldratt: Think Thomas Merton I wrote this in response to several emails I received about last Monday’s blog post addressing data centers. People asked if I could explain the methodology a tad more, especially regarding Goldratt and See-Judge-Act. So here it is,... Continue Reading →
Have You Thought About Animal Waste and Your Water? By Julie Peller, Ph.D.
Green Junction In the United States, most meat comes from livestock raised in concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). Defined by the EPA as “agricultural operations where animals are kept and raised in confined situations,” the term factory farm is also used to describe the conditions for over 99% of chickens and turkeys, over 98% of... Continue Reading →
Between the Monastery and the Machine
Adult education, using the See–Judge–Act method: Politics~Religion~ Catholic Social Teachings. Thomas Merton’s Wisdom for an Age of Emerging Technology An Often-Forgotten Starting Point: 1899 Before we dive into Merton, Buddhism, or AI, we need to trace the roots of the traditionalist and progressive split in American Catholicism—a rift far older and more intricate than most realize. In 1899, Pope... Continue Reading →
See, Judge, Act, Incorporate
How a Belgian priest’s scribbled method dodged a firing squad and grew into an €11 billion (12,609B USD) Basque powerhouse The paperwork that didn't arrive In the summer of 1937, in Larrinaga prison in Bilbao, a twenty-two-year-old with one working eye was waiting to be shot. Bilbao had fallen to Franco's forces in June. The... Continue Reading →
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