Content on Are We Using Technology or is Technology Using Us?
How is medical technology changing the way we view birth and death? What happens to our connection to others when we can be anonymous online? Is social media helping or hurting social justice causes?
These are a few of the questions that this Sinai and Synapses Discussion Forum explores.
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Where can technology and AI (artificial intelligence) can aid knowledge, and where it can harm human understanding?
What Artificial Intelligence Can Teach Us About Ourselves
Human beings have long wondered about the extent to which we truly have free will, or whether the path we travel is pre-ordained.
Judaism in a Cloud-Based Economy
We are now in time when “owning” something is often more of a drawback than a benefit.
Uncovering the Torah of Technology – An ELI Talk by Rabbi Michael Mellen
There are items in our world that are both spiritual and technological at the same time, just waiting for us to discover both.
This Week in Religion and Technology – 12/19/14
Christmas lights as disruptive innovation, a rosary app, and social media as a form of connection during tragedy — here’s what’s new in religion and technology this week.
This Week in Religion and Technology – 12/12/14
Using emojis for introspective journaling, why Muslims are using online dating, and how to slow down time — here’s what’s new in religion and technology this week.
Quality of Life or Quantity of Life?
As medical technologies continue to grow, we are able to save many more people than in the past. But the ethical challenges will only increase.
This Week in Religion and Technology – 12/5/14
Facebook as a window into intoversion/extroversion, religious fundamentalists and robots, and the digital economy as a form of religion — here’s what’s new in religion and technology this week.
Reaching for the Heavens: Technologies of Science and Religion
Astrophysicist and Christian John ZuHone realizes that in both his scientific life and his religious life, he must rely on something “in between” to get to what he’s really after.
Technology, Communication and Religion – A Conversation with Rev. Paul Raushenbush
Rev. Paul Raushenbush and Rabbi Josh Stanton examine the ways that changes in communication technology, and particularly the Internet, are affecting religion today.
This Week in Religion and Technology – 11/21/14
The hidden meaning of passwords, the next iteration of humankind, and a new way to communicate even after we have died — here’s what’s new in religion and technology this week.
Want to Understand Religion? You’ve Gotta Have a Body
If you want to understand religion, you need to understand humans. And if you want to understand humans, you need to understand bodies. Our increasingly disembodied, tech-driven lives aren’t making that any easier.
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