Technological progress — valuable in itself — requires careful discernment of the anthropological vision that guides it and the ends it pursues. If technological development advances without a corresponding ethical and social progress, the result may be an increase in means without a growth in humanity: “having more” without “being more.” There is a risk that individuals will be evaluated principally according to the outcomes they produce. #MagnificaHumanitas
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Just learned that the keyboard player from that attack attack crab core video from ages ago started a solo studio project that became a real band signed to Red Bull records(?!?), had two number one hits on modern rock radio, then got sober and came out as gay?!?
Let us learn to be rich in a different way: more attentive to relationships, more intent on valuing the common good, more attached to the local area, more grateful in welcoming and integrating those who come to live with us.
I Love Boosters is definitely the kind of movie to see in a crowded theater with your smartest friends. It’s extremely seductive filmmaking and packed with ideas. Many of them worth arguing about! Go see it!
I remember some essays that argued that moment undercut the rest of the episode’s satire, but I thought they got it wrong and actually we were meant to see the ending as just completely implausible—the system doesn’t work.
Barney Frank missed his chance to be a professional TV reviewer in his retirement—it was a better vehicle for his natural bitchiness. Look up his review of House Of Cards, it was hilarious!
@alshipley OK, but the idea the wayback machine is going to go away is not true. And the real issue is that the Internet archive is run by a bunch of AI boosting tech Bros.