Traditional forms of faith drawing on divine authority claims, doctrinal certitudes, resistance to science, and detachment from “the world”, etc. are showing their wear. In the near term, if faith is to survive to rising generations in a meaningful way, it will likely need to be constituted differently, and draw its claim to authority and …
Speaker: Carl Youngblood
COMPASSIONATE OBSOLESCENCE: COPING WITH TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
Increasingly alarmed at the pace of technological change, workers and policy-makers struggle with persistent unemployment after a “jobless recovery” and as a wide range of jobs are automated and outsourced. Even (or perhaps especially) those at the forefront of technological innovation find it hard to keep up. Despite its challenges, this era also presents unprecedented …