Technology

“Some 45% of all links shared by prominent accounts on these sites went to different social media brands, whether to more established sites such as YouTube or Twitter (24%) or to various alternative sites such as BitChute or Gab (21%).” - Pew

A pair of articles at TGC:


• Why I Left Social Media—and Won’t Go Back

• Why I’m Staying on Social Media


“Yesterday, scientists … confirmed that they had discovered a pathway to the first potentially viable nuclear-fusion power… But is it too good to be true?” - National Review

“for Crouch, the question isn’t so much, ‘How do we get off our phones?’ but rather ‘How can we start seeing one another as persons again?’” - Acton

“to borrow from Samuel Johnson, an AI writing an article is like a dog walking on his hind legs. It’s not done well, but you’re surprised to find it done at all.” - TGC

“How evangelical computer programmers changed the way we read Scripture.” - CToday

“BCIs are currently being tested in people with severe neuromuscular disorders to help them recover everyday functions like communication and mobility….

“if Christians are going to heed the summons of Romans 12:2 in a smartphone age…we will need to do more than resist the false content on our phones. We will need to resist the false gravitational presence our phones so subtly exert upon us.” - Desiring God

“It’s never felt more plausible that the age of social media might end—and soon. Now that we’ve washed up on this unexpected shore, we can look back at the shipwreck that left us here with fresh eyes. Perhaps we can find some relief” - The Atlantic