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WeeklyTech #89

The Disconnect of the Digital Life: How Social Media is Shaping Us and Can Impede Our Witness

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/April 19, 2021

Recently, I was reading a book and was really impressed by the scholar’s careful exposition, nuanced approach, and charitable engagement with their critics. Naturally in the age of social media, I decided to look up the author online and was surprised with what I found.

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 WeeklyTech #88

Explainer: Justice Thomas and the Possibility of Reining in Big Tech

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/April 12, 2021

Last week was a particularly busy week for the technology industry at the nation’s highest court. First, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Google’s favor in a decadeslong court battle with Oracle over the use of certain software code to build the Android operating system.

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 WeeklyTech #87

Why reading books you disagree with helps you grow

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/March 29, 2021

Amidst the constant distractions and shallowness on social media, reading a book can serve as a reprieve from the onslaught of information and as a way to challenge yourself to go deeper than 280 characters. Social media draws us in because it leads us to think we are staying connected with others, keeping up with what is going on around the world, and often takes less concentration than picking up a book.

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 WeeklyTech #86

Why we need ethics to survive

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/March 22, 2021

Often when the secular world speaks of evangelicals, these Christians are caricatured as lacking education, social and historical awareness, and even a realistic understanding of the way the world actually works.

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 WeeklyTech #85

David French on social media, free speech, and cultural division

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/March 15, 2021

There is no truly important political, cultural, legal, social, or religious force that is pulling Americans together more than it’s pushing Americans apart.

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