From the Editor: January 2022

Technological advances must be coupled with a commitment to community.

An illustration of Tricia Hersey with her quote, "It's more than a nap; it's a pushback and disruption to help make people see themselves as divine human beings."
Performance artist, activist, and theologian Tricia Hersey founded The Nap Ministry in 2016. / Illustration by Hazel P Mason

“MACHINES, WHETHER MECHANICAL or digital, aren’t interested in truth, beauty, or justice. Their goal is to make the world a more efficient place for more machines.” So argues journalist Andrew Nikiforuk, paraphrasing Jacques Ellul’s seminal The Technological Society. “Their proliferation combined with our growing dependence on their services inevitably led to an erosion of human freedom and unintended consequences in every sphere of life.”

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