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February 2014

February 20, 2014

Authenticating Ourselves to Death

"I don't think Holden Caulfield would get out of bed in 2014, I really don't."

February 17, 2014

On the Anniversary of His Execution, What Can We Learn From the “First Martyr of Science”

On February 17th, 1600 A.D., Giordano Bruno, a Dominican priest, philosopher, and mathematician, was condemned...

February 06, 2014

Science: It’s Worth Doing Badly

Even in the absence of scientific breakthroughs, even when the specter of failure is imminent–...

February 05, 2014

The Surprising Parenting Problems of Unlimited Screen Time

I’ve been disheartened by the judgments I’ve lorded over my children, even if only in...

January 2014

January 24, 2014

Virtual Choices, Real Effects: The Impact of Our Hyperlink Trail

"A world of information at our fingertips seems to offer endless alternatives, an illusion ultimately...

January 21, 2014

#Instagrown: In an Age of Instantaneous Everything, What Happens to Adolescent Yearning?

Teenagers are often labeled as easily distracted cowards who hide from face to face interaction...

January 08, 2014

The Violence of Fantasy Football

"It is essentially competitive predictive math, and it doesn’t even require that you watch actual...

January 07, 2014

Bill Nye vs. Ken Ham: Continuing Our Long American Tradition of Spectacle and Culture War

"we have a new "trial of the century" with two culture war celebrities who are...

January 01, 2014

11. Netflix and Hulu: “A Relative Amount of Creative Freedom” #CaPC25

All this week, the writers of Christ and Pop Culture unveil their 25 most loved things of...

December 2013

December 20, 2013

The Ancients are Coming: Medieval Texts at Your Fingertips

As a church historian, I am not ashamed to bring my Bible to church. Usually...

December 19, 2013

Have You Misunderstood Apple’s New Holiday Commercial?

Let's not fall into the trap of believing that the moment technology is involved, we...

December 13, 2013

Facebook “Likes” Aren’t Enough, But Would a “Sympathize” Button Make it Worse?

How much sympathy can a click even give?

November 2013

November 07, 2013

Snapchat and the Ghost of Communication

"We build relationships just a little bit every day, even if it is only ten...

November 06, 2013

We Know Less About Our Universe Than We Think (and I’m OK With That)

When it comes to understanding how the universe works, humanity has made amazing strides. The...

November 04, 2013

New Rules for User Comments: The Bottom Line for the Common Good?

In the past few weeks various Internet sites, such as YouTube, Goodreads, and Popular Science,...

October 2013

October 21, 2013

Can You Tweet Your Way to Immortality?

"Any form of immortality which cannot account for the totality of existence, and which can't...

October 18, 2013

The Problem with Social Media According to ‘Fahrenheit 451’

"The best books -- like the best music or television or movies or comics or...

October 14, 2013

ELSEWHERE: Nobel Prize for Using Computers to Do Chemistry

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry, announced earlier this week, has been awarded to three different...

October 07, 2013

Free Will Is Real, But Not so Simple

"Baumeister affirms the common sense view of free will, while also attempting to show there...

September 2013

September 30, 2013

How Can I Protect My Kids from Internet Porn?

Few are probably unaware, at this point, that Internet pornography is a serious problem, one...

September 26, 2013

I Don’t Want to Lose My Landline

"It seems that the old landline telephone is going extinct. I mourn this loss, and...

September 24, 2013

Four Ways Voyager Reminds Us We’re Human

"The rational order we discover in the universe—the very thing that makes missions like Voyager's...

September 16, 2013

Three Things to Think About Before Using Headphones in Public

"In today’s world, new innovations come along so often that we hardly have time to...

September 06, 2013

Open Letters: Prideful, Presumptuous, and They Need to Stop

The time for the open letter has passed.

September 05, 2013

How Theology Could Make Steven Pinker a Better Scientist

"Ironically, then, the humanities (and specifically religion) could help Pinker be a better scientist."

August 2013

August 23, 2013

ELSEWHERE: We’re Made for Relationship, Not Social Networking

A new study from the University of Michigan found that the more participants used Facebook,...

August 23, 2013

How Spotify and other Streaming Services Create Legal Artist Sweatshops

"I feel like I'm running an artist sweatshop through my computer."

August 21, 2013

Why the Powerful Often Lack Empathy

"It feels good to be king."

August 16, 2013

Shaming Sexists and Racists Online as a Form of Justice?

"It is completely impossible for us to forecast the repercussions of our words, even if...

August 15, 2013

ELSEWHERE: Tragic Texts, Tragic Art

Corporate sponsorship. Public service announcement. These are terms that would not seem to go hand-in-hand...

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