The questions are no longer theoretical. They live in our workplaces, our feeds, our sense of who we are. What we need are Policies~Measurements~Behaviors (PMBs) We are no longer speculating about artificial intelligence — we are living its consequences. What once felt like a distant concern is now part of daily life: algorithms shape what... Continue Reading →
Your Brain Is the Battlefield: Faith, Lies, and the Algorithm Reshaping Democracy
What Katherine Stewart’s Money, Lies, and God didn’t quite predict — and why AI makes it so much more urgent. Let’s be honest: American democracy has a confidence problem. Not just a political one, but a deeper, almost spiritual crisis of shared reality. We are living in a moment when millions of people can look... Continue Reading →
No One Should Mourn Alone: Why Solidarity Is the Heart of the Beatitudes
No One Should Mourn Alone: Why Solidarity Is the Heart of the Beatitudes A reflection on standing together in a fractured world: Thinking of the Lazarus Story and the Beatitudes. SEE The world as it is We live in a time of deep fractures — political, cultural, and even spiritual. Loneliness has become an epidemic.... Continue Reading →
Digital Dignity: Why Thomas Merton and Pope Leo XIV Matter for AI Ethics Today~A Reflection in the See-Judge-Act Tradition
Introduction: A Method for a Moment The See-Judge-Act method was created by Cardinal Joseph Cardijn and draws on Thomas Aquinas’s description of the intellectual virtue of prudence. Cardijn originally designed it for young industrial workers: to help them see the problem of their temporal and eternal destiny, judge the present situation and its contradictions, and... Continue Reading →
What Would Mortimer Adler Say About AI? Three Principles for Ethical Thinking in the Age of Machines
Examine AI ethics through the lens of Mortimer Adler. Uncover three pillars—human dignity, moral purpose, and truth—that guide AI to truly serve humanity. If Mortimer Adler were alive today, he probably wouldn't be dazzled by the latest AI breakthroughs. The classical philosopher—famous for his Great Ideas project and his insistence on clear thinking, common sense, and human dignity—would... Continue Reading →
Your Faith Is Being Hacked: How AI and Social Media Are Rewriting Christianity — and What We Can Do About It
Something strange is happening in churches across America. People who sit together on Sunday mornings are living in completely different realities by Monday — shaped not by Scripture or sermon, but by an unseen, algorithmic force that knows exactly which fears to exploit, which images to flash, and which ‘prophetic’ voices to amplify. This isn’t... Continue Reading →
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