Source: Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition A British Coroners Inquest into the death of 14-year-old Molly Russell concluded that social media content had contributed to her death. A British Medical Journal (BMJ) article by Clare Dyer stated: Coroner Andrew Walker ruled that the harmful material had contributed to 14 year […]
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Striving for Digital Minimalism: Why We Need a Human-Centric Approach to Technology
Source: Casey Chalk via thepublicdiscourse.com. Originally appeared in The Public Discourse, the journal of the Witherspoon Institute of Princeton NJ, and is reprinted with permission. Technology promises to solve our problems, but it also creates new ones. That’s because we have failed to apply human-centric approaches to technology. We think in […]
Getting Fact-Checked
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The Monsters of Social Media
Source: Word on Fire Institute via YouTube Father Steve Grunow, CEO of Word on Fire, speaks to Jesuits about the perils of artificial intelligence and the online world. Learn more about the Word on Fire Institute: https://wordonfire.institute/SHOW LESS Header image: Man on phone by Vinicisu Amnx Amano via unsplash.com; Gargoyle […]
Social Media and the Catholic Culture of Contempt
Friends, Catholics must stop tearing each other apart online. We should be outraged by those who send virulent comments to one another, preventing actually fruitful evangelical conversation. Calumny, the mean-spirited accusation of another person, is a violation of both charity and justice. Who could possibly blame a non-believer for thinking, “I don’t want any part of that group” if they see how Catholics engage each other on social media? Join me in standing against this.