Matthew Sitman
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writer (matt.sitman at gmail dot com) // au courant lefty podcaster ( @KnowYrEnemyPod with @samadlerbell) // editorial board @dissentmag
2) Near-total sequestration of sexual morality from "Social Teaching." Leo's genealogy of this tradition omits Humanae vitae entirely. No analogue even to the brief anti-trans digression in Laudato si' (echoed idiotically by other tech critics like Paul Kingsnorth)
Humanity, created by God in all its grandeur, is today facing a pivotal choice: either to construct a new Tower of Babel or to build the city in which God and humanity dwell together. In Jesus Christ, this humanity in its grandeur becomes the Way, the Truth and the Life, opening the path for each of us to grow toward fullness. #MagnificaHumanitas vatican.va/content/leo-xi…
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Another notable essay on the Tower of Babel is Reinhold Niebuhr's in his collection Beyond Tragedy. And yes, in a past life I wrote a long-ish paper comparing Niebuhr and Oakeshott's treatments of the Babel myth ("Politics after Babel") if anyone wants to read it
It is not surprising to see that the Pope endorses a lot of superstitious mind/body dualism about artificial intelligence but it’s still wrong, even as he is also raising a lot of good points about some of the risks at play.
It is not surprising to see that the Pope endorses a lot of superstitious mind/body dualism about artificial intelligence but it’s still wrong, even as he is also raising a lot of good points about some of the risks at play.
