Archive - Connecting Thoughts

The transition from humanism to dataism

Increasingly, life gains meaning when it becomes part of the great data stream.

Jun 25 •

Where are the Christians writing science fiction?

Also, a review of Georgi Boorman's new "Liminal Wake"

Jun 16 •

Your culture will be pro-eugenics by tomorrow

Embryo-testing for intelligence is here, right now

Jun 4 •

Once upon a time in the West (last week, I mean)

Wide open spaces, popular poetry, nothing stops this train, meeting celebrities

Jun 2 •

May 2025

"Bitcoin is digital. You are not."

Brief reflections from speeches by JD Vance and Peter Schiff

May 29 •

The worship of efficiency, and AI

Readers will know that I’m not apocalyptic about AI, probably in part because I’ve seen enough predictions of tech-doom come and go to be rather…

May 20 •

April 2025

March 2025

Thomas Aquinas argues against an historical six-day creation

During a break earlier today I read through an excerpt from Thomas Aquinas’ Commentary on the Sentences (using the Penguin Classics translation by Relph…

Mar 24 •

February 2025

Of what value AI in education?

What is education for? When does a tool make us less human?

Feb 25 •

January 2025

How long, then, should we live?

A post where I would especially love your comments

Jan 12 •

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