If you listen to some commentators, the West is on a fast-track to ruin. But the ‘declining West’ story is not the only one on offer.
I had just generated a 10-minute podcast episode using Google’s new Notebook LM website. ‘Turn it off!’ says my daughter. ‘It’s too weird!’.
‘Whatever you do, don’t bring up politics’, says my cousin as we walk into the restaurant. And then I raised a topic I thought was safe.
According to the CEO of AI company Anthropic, AI technology is accelerating faster than anyone imagined. How will it impact humanity?
Over time I’ve learned some ‘game-changing’ truths based in the Bible and psychology, that have changed how I respond to anxious feelings.
We’re all drawn to transcendence – to worshipping someone or something bigger than ourselves. Here are three recent examples.
Richard Dawkins used to say raising children to be Christian was a form of child abuse. Now he seems to admit that it’s good for society.
The new chatbot ‘Pi’ is like Siri, but it can hold a conversation and tell you information, rather than just give you a website.
“It was a chapter on ‘Endurance: The Power of Turning Up’ that had me welling up with emotion,” writes Akos Balogh.
Western democracies are in trouble, according to many commentators, who say countries like Australia and the US are facing serious challenges.