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Matthew Lee AndersonTechnology
The numbing effect of information is one of the most significant challenges that users of new media face. The inability to think deeply, to integrate what we are experiencing into
Jake MeadorembodimentAnthropology
One of my old professors was fond of saying that in his class we take the first several weeks to chuck a whole bunch of balls in the air and we then spend the rest of the semester learning to […]
Matthew Lee Anderson
The Problem of Desensitization Those who spend any amount of time absorbing new media quickly discover their subtly addictive nature. Clicking through to the next page takes no effort, and the fact that a real person has deemed whatever lies […]
Christopher BensonBooks
Belief: Readings on the Reason for Faith Edited by Francis S. Collins HarperOne, 2010 352 pp., $19.99 What kind of flowers does Francis S. Collins—one of the world’
Matthew Lee AndersonTechnology
The question of whether cars are an “improvement” over horses and buggies depends upon what values are in place, which is true of all technology. If we value mobility, speed,
Keith E. Buhler
After bawling my way through Pixar’s UP, I began to wonder if the Establishment could do wrong. Walt Disney is dead and with him, the best of American entertainment, for young or old. When the Disney Borg bought Pixar in […]
Jake MeadorGender
Cross posted at Notes from a Small Place. This post is part of an ongoing series of posts I'm doing regarding issues related to the body, gender, sexuality,
Christopher BensonUncategorized
I contend that projective disgust plays no proper role in arguing for legal regulation, because of the emotion's normative irrationality and its connection to stigma and hierarchy. ––Martha
Matthew Lee AndersonTechnology
Over the next two weeks, I will be posting my chapter for The New Media Frontier here at Mere-Orthodoxy in its entirety. I am grateful for Crossway for their
Jake MeadorEthicsembodiment
In Michel Foucault’s book Discipline and Punish he argues that over the past 200 years the emphasis of western justice has shifted from punishing the body to punishing the soul. To support this he cites a number of shifts in […]
Rebecca ElizabethUncategorized
If you’re a Protestant, here’s a question – do you agree with Natural Law and if so why? For those of you who aren’t familiar with the discussion,
Rebecca ElizabethEconomics and Business
“You have never encountered a mere mortal.” Men are either “immortal horrors or everlasting splendors.” Even at the beginning of an Acton conference its always popular to quote C.S.