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How to Ruin a Generation: Give Everyone Smartphones

What is all of this digital content doing to the souls of kids? To everyone?
For those familiar with the novel Brave New World, this distracted, dopamine-addled brand of a society was all but predicted almost a century ago. Read More ›
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On the State of Men and Reading

Valuable advice to students: Learn how to read deeply
Reading great books might not immediately come to mind, but according to professor Shilo Brooks, it just might be a part of the answer. Read More ›
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Podcast Guest Claims He Won’t Die, Says We’re Creating God With AI

Got immortality? This man says he has the secret.
Johnson’s views on AI sound crazy, but they reflect a burgeoning hope that computerized superintelligence will somehow solve all the enigmas of existence. Read More ›
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Re-enchanting the Secular West

More writers and intellectuals recognize the need for right-brain thinking
While there might not be a culture-wide renewal of faith yet, some significant voices are heralding a new way forward. Read More ›
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The Drones Continue to Hover

Mystery drones have been sighted in New Jersey and other states
Finally, the FBI and Homeland Security is starting to investigate, and we will hopefully have a transparent answer about the origin of the drones. Read More ›
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AI Is Going to Do the Dating for You

Making dating "easier" with AI might actually end up making it a lot harder.
Could AI explicate aspects of my personality, package it, and sell it to the other representative bots in the dating pool? Sure, but where is the humanity? Read More ›
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Will You Be My Valentine, Chatbot?

It is a tragedy indeed when our loneliness as a culture has developed so far that many people see chatbot companions as one of the only way forward.
Recent studies indicate that members of Gen Z are dividing politically according to sex, with men leaning more conservative and women going more liberal. Read More ›