Technology

Demon Screens

For adolescents, reading is a negligible activity—they reach for the phone before picking up a book, magazine, or newspaper. Continue Reading »

11 Nov 2019

Becoming Robots

by Mark Bauerlein

In this episode, Marygrace Sexton and Mark discuss the dangers of technology and how to combat smartphone addiction. Continue Reading »

30 Aug 2019

Big Addiction

by Jon Schweppe

Social media traps users in patterns of addictive behavior; like gambling, cigarettes, and alcohol, it needs to be regulated. Continue Reading »

13 Aug 2019

The Big Tech Threat

by Josh Hawley

Social media shareholders are investing in the addiction of users. Continue Reading »

9 May 2019

Purity in the Digital Age

by Francis X. Maier

Little in the digital age is truly hidden. Continue Reading »

4 Apr 2019

The Times of Israel recently reported that archaeologists had uncovered a “miniscule biblical stone weight” from excavations of the foundations of the Western Wall of the Second Jewish Temple. It is round, about the size of a marble, and marked with the Hebrew word beka. . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Feb 2019

Postnatural Intelligence

by David Lloyd Dusenbury

Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus belongs to the literature of the uncanny. But the young Mary Shelley who wrote it—or rather, the teenaged Mary Godwin who sketched it in a summerhouse near Geneva—was nothing if not canny. Her 1818 debut novel was and still is hugely . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Feb 2019

Let’s Rebalance

by R. R. Reno

On election night, Tuesday, November 6, returns came in. There were wins and losses. My blood pressure rose and fell, exulting in victories and anguished in defeats. But morning came, and the evening’s ardor had drained away during the night’s sleep. More dispassionate, I mulled over a question . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jan 2019