If words are fossils of consciousness, George Orwell saw the darker possibility that words can be engineered to shape what we are able to see, think and say.
We are always connected, yet rarely in a conversation. What digital technology is doing to our relationships, and what we can do about it.
Words are fossils of consciousness. They preserve and shape our worldview. So what happens to our perception when AI refers to itself using the personal pronoun “I”?
What happens to Christianity when the self has been trained to treat its own feelings as ultimate truth?
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The Guardian Angels You Don’t Choose
In January 2014, we landed in Canberra with two boys, seven bags and suitcases, and a plan that made sense on paper. But I was wrong about how this one would go.
Sabbath is an ancient practice designed to restore both body and soul. It invites us to step out of the relentless flow of ordinary, measured time and enter sacred time – a space where we can reconnect with what is most real and meaningful.
Media has a profound influence on our attention and worldview. The medium shapes the message and in turn our reality.
Our attention is never neutral. It is always training us, shaping our perception, values, emotions, and sense of self.
Human desire is imitative, imitation breeds rivalry, rivalry produces scapegoats, and modern societies, while claiming to defend victims, risk endlessly creating new ones.
Modern translation of the Bible often sacrifices depth for accuracy. We can balance this by looking to the ancient Jewish tradition of Midrash. It encourages a participatory reading of the text that seeks personal transformation rather than just information.