The Digital Feast
Art and Creativity
“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” -- George Carlin Reports of the Death of Religious Art Have Been Greatly Exaggerated Summary: “Most ‘pop art’ gives the impression that religious art has...
Mind Over Matter
“The mind of the many is not the mind of God.” ― George MacDonald When Our Memories Are Both Vivid and Wrong Summary: “Our ‘flashbulb memories’ of shocking events like the Challenger disaster or 9/11 seem sharp but are almost always inaccurate.” Read more at...
Thinking Machines
We are not thinking machines. We are feeling machines that think.” ― Descartes Error. Antonio Damasio The Touchy Task of Making Robots Seem Human—But Not Too Human Summary: “Sundar and his team study people’s reception of social robots, and found that robots that...
Rest and Ritual
We are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep. ― The Tempest. William Shakespeare Viral Sleep Talking Recording Sheds Light On The Hilarious But Disturbing Nature Of Somniloquy Summary: “A viral sleep-talking recording posted...
The Power of Community
We must help people connect to The Story, the mystery of God and the universe, so that they can understand the significance of their lives as part of the body of Christ and the Great Pattern, what Jesus calls “the kingdom of God.” More than ever before, our species...
2016 in Science and Technology
“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom!” ― Isaac Asimov Canada declares ‘high-speed’ internet essential for quality of life Summary: Broadband internet access has become a necessity in the 21st...
Remembering Backwards and Forwards
“’It’s a poor sort of memory that only works backwards,’ the White Queen remarked.” Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carrol Google’s Year in Search Summary: Would you like to know what people were searching for on the internet? What were the top searches of 2016?...
Christmas is (almost) Here!
“I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach!” ― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol Why...
Community and Culture
"One thing is clear to me, that no indulgence of passion destroys the spiritual nature so much as respectable selfishness." - George Macdonald As climate change uproots communities, innovation can rescue culture Summary: In a world where natural disasters and human...
Mystery and Mysticism
"Mysticism keeps men sane. As long as you have mystery you have health; when you destroy mystery you create morbidity. The ordinary man has always been sane because the ordinary man has always been a mystic.” GK Chesterton, Orthodoxy Penn & Teller Reveal...