The Electric Village

What can Highland Aluminum Works tell us about the factory's age? They laid them to rest where they fell, on a knoll above the water, marking each grave with concrete—the only material the land offered in abundance. Twenty-two graves stand there. Most stones bear only the word "Unknown." Three are named: Darkey Cunningham, John McFadden,... Continue Reading →

The Printing Press and the Pitchfork

What a forgotten massacre in 1525 can tell us about inequality, violence, and the machines we are building now. On the morning of 15 May 1525, several thousand German peasants assembled on a hillside near Frankenhausen. Their grievances were many, and, astonishingly for people of their station, they had put them into print. Two months... Continue Reading →

Are We Ready for the AI Revolution? What Faith, Education, and Culture Teach Us About Navigating the Age of Artificial Intelligence

The rise of artificial intelligence isn’t just a tech story — it’s a human story that raises societal, moral, and spiritual questions. Three visionary thinkers from the twentieth century — a monk, a philosopher, and a media theorist — offer surprisingly timely wisdom for navigating the most transformative revolution of our age. This post explores... Continue Reading →

Still Angry After All These Years: What a 1931 Pope Got Right About Big Tech, Gig Work, and the Broken Economy

There’s something almost eerie about reading Quadragesimo Anno today. Pope Pius XI wrote it in 1931, in the middle of the Great Depression, watching fascism and communism rise across Europe like twin thunderheads. He was responding to a world coming apart at the seams — mass unemployment, obscene concentrations of wealth, and an ideological tug-of-war... Continue Reading →

Breaking the Revenge Cycle: A Neuroscience Approach to Overcoming Racism & the Political Extremism

Breaking the Revenge Cycle: A Neuroscience Approach to Overcoming Racism & The Political Extremism Using the See-Judge-Act Method While Reading the Book "The Science of Revenge." Dr. James Kimmel, JD's groundbreaking work moves the conversation about justice and revenge beyond the purely moral or legal realms into the neurobiological realm. His research reveals something profound:... Continue Reading →

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