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Brett McCrackenTechnologyCultureSocial TrendsSocial MediaThe Bling Ringpresent shockSelfieSofia CoppolaGray MattersRichard Brody

Selfie Deception

How we consume culture says a lot about what we value. And how we consume has never been more public. What message are we sending in our tweets and selfies?

Brett McCrackenTechnologyLiteratureTheology and Practicec.s. lewisjoyZadie SmithMarilynne Robinsonpleasure

Ruminations on Joy

Zadie Smith, C.S. Lewis, and the differences between joy and pleasure in the 21st century

Brad LittlejohnTechnologycreationCreation CareGM foodFoodenvironmentagriculturenaturedominion

Genetically Modified Food: Mark Lynas and Your Inner Luddite

What has genetically modified food to do with Christian theology? Does genetically modified food fit with a Christian ethic?

Stephen CarradiniTechnologySufjan StevensSpotifyMusic industry

Consumption and the Creator’s (lack of) Power

The music-purchasing process before file-sharing was standard capitalism. Cut forward ten years, and the aftereffects have been ugly.

Matt MillerTechnologycopyright laws

Advocacy and Ending Copyright Infringement

The Internet's already over two decades old, and we still haven't figured out how to cope with its potential for copyright infringement.

L. M. SacasasTechnologyMarshall McLuhan

What makes the edifi "Christian?" On Media, Habits, and Christian Virtue

The edifi claims to be a "Christian tablet." But what makes a technology Christian? Marshall McLuhan and others step in to help.

L. M. SacasasTechnologythe churchborg

Resisting the Rhetoric of Technological Inevitability

The Church's position towards technology should be one of thoughtfulness in the service of faithfulness.

Cate MacDonaldCultureTechnology

The Chaos Curve: Writers' Block and the Ever-Writing Woman

I'm beginning to realize that the writers' block I struggle with comes, not from a lack of ideas, but from being absolutely tired of my own output.

Matthew Lee AndersonTechnology

The World and Everything in It: Facebook Timeline

That's the name of the radio news show that our friends at World Magazine launched a few months back. Spearheaded by publisher Nick Eicher and his golden voice,

Matthew Lee AndersonTechnology

Self-Quantification and the End of Wisdom

photo © 2008 Porter Novelli Global | more info(via: Wylio) Self-quantification has a strong allure precisely because it combines two deeply rooted promises of American culture:  that we will achieve

Matthew Lee AndersonTechnology

The Meaning of Mediation

John Dyer is continuing the conversation about mediation, and doing it in classic Dyer style--thorough and sensitive: One way of distinguishing between a cultural good and a medium is

Matthew Lee AndersonTechnology

Word Processing and Externalizing Thinking

Clive Thompson: When I first got my hands on a word processor, it felt absolutely uncanny: The words! They’re … they’re moving around! THEY LOOK LIKE PRINTED WORDS BUT