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He who has a piece of ground to call his own is not truly bereft, no matter what else is lost.

We do not need more thought leaders, but more thoughtful human beings.

We have long drawn a dividing line between technology and humans, imbuing one with ethical responsibility and treating the other as merely contingent— therefore, technologies are “neutral” and it’s simply…

AI is a technology that eliminates process. It offers the grail without the quest.

Colby said the two men settled their dispute like men, but they looked more like buffoons than men to me.

If you have ever prayed the Lord’s prayer, then you have prayed for the soil and its earthworms—even if you didn’t intend to.

Science can only provide partial truths because it does not consider form or end.

Kids are good in a theological sense, always. Sometimes, however, their behavior is not what adults would call good.

While Thoreau was by no means a Puritan, I think that similarities regarding the human occupation and the goodness of creation are evident in both.

Chuck dreams of overcoming his allergy so he can reenter normal society. We reject the status quo because we want something better for our kids.

A team is from somewhere. Owners sell, players leave, but the place and the fans make up the fabric of the team.

Skidelsky’s expertise is on full display as he tells the story of the impact of machines on the human condition.

Her heartfelt lament may sound like despair, and in a way it is, save for a crucial difference.

Without the Incarnation, the philosopher’s death remains incomplete.

There is something life-giving about rooting oneself in a single community—about investing ourselves in a mutual fund, so to speak.

The rift isn’t just about politics. It’s about pace, and place, and respect.

Matthew Crawford points out that much new technology today only adds layers of friction rather than actually solving a problem.

They, for the first time, saw each other’s faces. They shook hands. They gave each other cigarettes, beer, champagne. Exchanged buttons from their coats. One German gave an English soldier…

Holden Caulfield, the 16-year-old “hero” of The Catcher in the Rye, goes to the park mentally or physically on seven separate occasions in the course of the relatively short novel.

Despite the surplus of enchantment discourse these days, the excellent parts of the book are indeed excellent.

Mine is not a left-wing voice of animal rights idealism or return-to-the-land idyllicism. This is just plain old real science.

In Oklahoma, the nature many of us live so close to is a different thing from the concept of “nature” we have internalized.

A happy life is not something out there in the future. It’s not something you make, even.

Bianca Bosker dives into the weird and disturbing world of making creatures.