Posts by Jason Thacker
The Future is Here: Artificial Intelligence & the Changing Workforce
George Jetson and his family lived in a future with flying cars, a household robot, and other high-tech luxuries.
Why driverless cars (and other tech advances) benefit society
You might see a new way of driving hit the streets of California in April.
Emmett Till and empathy: Reflections on my visit to the African-American History Museum
Wrapped in a bronze-colored metal lattice, with a structure fashioned after the three-tiered crowns used in Yoruban art from West Africa, the National Museum of African-American History and Culture covers 5 acres on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
What is Artificial Intelligence?
My family has a digital assistant working in our home that is incredibly smart, never takes a break, and never complains about its job.
Dealing with my family’s history of racism in light of Charlottesville
My great-great-grandfather is buried on the campus of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville. Private Hiram A. Thacker fought in the Alabama Infantry for the Confederate States of America.
Jason Thacker
Jason serves as assistant professor of philosophy and ethics at Boyce College and a research fellow in Christian ethics at The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. He is the author or editor of several books, including "Following Jesus in a Digital Age" and "The Digital Public Square: Christian Ethics in a Technological Society."