How Does A.I. Play a Role in Grief, Immortality, and Digital Resurrection?
Derek talks about his journey connecting faith, grief, computer science, and technology. He begins by talking about his personal life…
Resource Tag: Science
G[eneral}C[ongregation] 34, Higher Education, and Computer Science
Focuses on the possible impact of the 1995 Jesuit GC 34 on scientific and technical disciplines. Sees the discipline of…
Technology and Culture
There are widely different assesments of the value of technology for modern culture. Technology is making decisive contributions to our…
The Structure of Technology
Many recognize that our culture is dominated by technology, but few have studied the structure of technology and its place…
The Moral Character of Cryptographic Work
Cryptography rearranges power: it configures who can do what, from what. This makes cryptography an inherently political tool, and it…
Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About: Interactions Between Faith and Computer Science
Six public lectures given at MIT over several weeks on the relations between faith and science. After an introductory lecture,…
WHOM TO BLAME FOR THE CHARGE OF SECULARIZATION?
In the last century science and technology have been viewed as guilty of contributing to the modern secularization process and…
THE FAUST CHALLENGE: SCIENCE AS DIABOLIC OR DIVINE.
The Faust motif provides an opportunity to explore the spectrum of attitudes among Christians toward science and technology by placing…
The Cyborg as an Interpretation of Culture-Nature.
The idea of "nature" performs an important cultural work. The cyborg-nature is an attempt to free ourselves from the features…