Hacking, Splendor, and the Dakotas
“Salesforce Is Using A Hallucination To Sell AI.” Alan Kluegel turns an analysis of a dumb AI commercial into a meditation on the likely...
Matter, Gurus, and Lambing
“Matter Matters.” Paul Kingsnorth kicks off a new series at his Substack exploring ancient holy sites in Europe: “I’ve always been fascinated by how...
Thomas M. Ward On Boethius & Stoicism
Professor Thomas M. Ward teaches at Baylor University. He is a philosopher who focuses on Medieval thought, especially the work of John Duns Scotus....
Hospitality, AI, and Rivers
“How do I Kill my Microsoft Copilot?” Sam Leith is not particularly fond of Microsoft’s new AI helper: “As far as Big Tech is...
Media, Meat, and Life
“Last Boys at the Beginning of History.” This essay by Mana Afsari defies summary. Let me just say it is very good: “I was...
Seamus Heaney, Isolation, and the Catholic Worker
“Educating Humans.” I’m relishing the new issue of Plough. Alex Sosler has a great essay on trade schools, Tim Maendel describes one teacher’s creative...
Agrarian Voices Lecture
FPR's own Jason Peters will be giving an Agrarian Voices Lecture later this month at the Berry Center. If you're near New Castle on...
Milton, Babbitt, and Auden
“AI and All Its Splendors.” I continue my mulling on AI and its underlying temptations in this lengthy essay for Christianity Today. I aim...
Progress, Tyson, and Messiah
I'll be taking the next couple of weeks off for the Christmas holidays. Look for these to resume in January.
“Can a Phone-Free Learning Environment...
Tri Robinson Looks Back in Thanks
After a life of physical and spiritual adventure, an innovative homesteading teacher and pastor turns green with gratitude.
Highlights
1:00 California to Idaho (before everybody was...