AI: Here be dragons

Great literature allows the reader to vicariously live and learn about other times and places. It challenges us to think critically and engage with new ideas. The genre of science fiction, specifically, can ask us to think about technology and its uses (and abuses). Often, a science fiction story is a cautionary tale about a … Read more

The Sound of Moral Indignation

Some people on Facebook are beginning to rave about a new movie called “The Sound of Freedom” starring Jim Caviezel. The movie purports to be the true story of Tim Ballard, a former Department of Homeland Security agent who rescues children from sex trafficking in Colombia. Caviezel and others have claimed that the movie, which … Read more

Don’t Look Up

On December 24, 2021 Netflix began streaming an “apocalyptic black comedy” starring Jennifer Lawrence and Leonarco DiCaprio. Don’t Look Up tells the story of two astronomers who are trying to warn the world about an approaching, planet-killing sized, comet. The film is a satire of how we are ignoring the climate crisis. The film lampoons … Read more