Reading through Magnifica Humanitas right now. Some good stuff, but boy do Romans realized how Mormon they sound constantly quoting and referencing their Prophets/Popes? I’m suddenly feeling very Evangelisch.
“For a couple hours, fans got a break from being marketed to every waking second of their lives.”
CRAWFORD | the Power of Nothing: The Bats' Best Promotion Was No Promotion at All by Eric Crawford & Sam Draut
Finished reading: The Right to Oblivion by Lowry Pressly đ
“You see, the World says you must be a radically autonomous individual who masters his or her own world, and if you mess up, the very meaning of your life is at stake. But when you belong to God and your identity and belonging and purpose and value and meaning are hidden in him, there is grace for your mistakes. You are free to act with purpose because you already belong to him. You donât need to be afraid.”
I’m Free but Afraid by newsletters.feedbinusercontent.com
“I suspect that we get the leaders who mirror what we have become as a nation.”
Trump and the Furies of Empire by The Editors
First half of my first day commuting by bike. â
â Tour de Nash in as good (or maybe slightly better) time as my 20s. 25 miles of cycling! đ´ââď¸
For all of LinkedIn’s many problems, I am thankful for their hibernate option.
I got a new desk treadmill and, whew, the change from a 0% incline to 5% is more significant than I imagined. Sweating for the first time in a long time!
“By belonging to God you belong to his Church, which comes with certain duties and obligations. You have responsibilities to serve, to care for others, to worship, to participate in the life of the Church. This sounds like the loss of agency, but itâs actually the opportunity to act righteously.”
I’m Free but Afraid by newsletters.feedbinusercontent.com
People have to be misunderstanding the question, right? Like, how could you be Christian and not talk about God daily? This does not compute to me.
â Who Marries Whom? Faith, Partners, and the Unequally Yoked
“Our obsession with optimizing the body and avoiding signs of aging is one manifestation of a covert gnostic belief that the body and its creaturely limits are inherently bad.”
Polishing Kernels: Bodily Control as New Gnosis by Hayden Nesbit
“Normal people arenât running around like chickens with their heads cut off, trying to automate every single part of their lives. Indeed, there are places in our lives where efficiency isnât desirable.”
Silicon Valley Has Forgotten What Normal People Want by Elizabeth Lopatto
In reply to www.digitaltrends.com/movies/yo…
The auto-dub feature drives me crazy! If I routinely watch non-English videos, it probably means I don’t need them translated! I wish there were an off switch.
Iâm very proud of this. Three pounds until a normal BMI. No dieting. Just walking and lifting. Hard consistent work is paying off! đŞ
“If you are going to provide me with a robot servant, I have a very clear bar: Itâs gotta be at least as much bang for my buck as my dishwasher.”
Silicon Valley Has Forgotten What Normal People Want by Elizabeth Lopatto
“Within recent memory, people who made software and hardware understood their job was to serve their customer. It was to identify a need, and then fill it. But at some point following the financial crisis, would-be entrepreneurs got it into their heads that their job was to invent the future, and consumersâ job was to go along with that invented future.”
Silicon Valley Has Forgotten What Normal People Want by Elizabeth Lopatto
“It may feel unfair to have to negotiate an ancient theological theory designed to make war harder. But subjecting efficiency, lethality, and even victory to higher principles is precisely its purpose. It reminds us that evenâespeciallyâin wartime, God and God alone is our judge.”
Just War Theory Is Supposed to Be Frustrating by Brad East
“The truth is simple: our economic and social moment is in the hands of people who do not understand the power they wield.”
The Problem With AI: âSoftware Brainâ ⢠by â Permalink
“Utilitarian calculations promise an end run around what we owe to God and neighbor, but this is a temptation we must resist. Just ends cannot excuse unjust means.”
Just War Theory Is Supposed to Be Frustrating by Brad East
“just war theory is meant to make war slower, riskier, costlier, and less efficient.”
Just War Theory Is Supposed to Be Frustrating by Brad East
The hagiographies of Tim Cook are troubling.
âWhy has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?â Then they will say, âBecause they forsook the Lord the God of their fathers who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshiped them and served them; therefore he has brought all this evil upon themâ â
(2 Chronicles 7:21â22, RSV)
“Masculinity means harnessing the natural power a man possesses and using it for the good of others around him.”
Man Up! by Jeffrey Hemmer
Currently reading: Man Up!: The Quest for Masculinity by Jeffrey Hemmer đ â Leading a group through this for the third time. Still a great book.