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Summer 2016 |Volume 34, Issue 2
Our Built World: Some Assembly Required
Technology is as old as Eden. Tools for tilling the garden were anticipations of quill pens and steam engines and the smartphone in your pocket. The first "hack" was a needle that sewed together Adam and Eve's fig leaves. We are called to shape and form worlds. So it's not a question of whether we'll employ technology in our cultural labour; the only interesting question is how.
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- Editorial: Our Built World
Some assembly required
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- World View
An annotated reading of your world.
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- Headquarters: Cardus Family
Updates from Cardus on the renewal of social architecture.
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- Who's Reprogramming Your City?
How we can keep smart cities from becoming settlements for sophisticated savages?
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- Playful Minds
Games can recover play in learning, but we still have to know what it means to "learn."
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- Digital Restlessness and Something More Certain
If we've stretched into the "fourth dimension" of cyberspace, why does the world feel so flat?
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- Are Bible Apps Destined to Purify the Printed Word?
The fulfillment of the hypertext dream has cleared the way for printed Bibles to pursue other ends, like being read.
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- Habits of Mind in an Age of Distraction
Small steps to meet the challenge of hearing God in a technologically disruptive environment.
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- Welcome to the Desert of the Real: A Conversation with Peter Thiel
Amid Silicon Valley hype, an entrepreneur's pessimism might be a sign of hope.
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- How Then Shall We Work?: Medicine
A symposium on the changing nature of professions in the digital age.
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- How Then Shall We Work?: Automation
A symposium on the changing nature of professions in the digital age.
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- How Then Shall We Work?: Entrepreneurship
A symposium on the changing nature of professions in the digital age.
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- How Then Shall We Work?: Journalism
A symposium on the changing nature of professions in the digital age.
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- How Then Shall We Work?: Divinity
A symposium on the changing nature of professions in the digital age.
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- The Commons: In Search of Connection
Navigating Canada's Silicon Valley as a modern Mennonite.
Contributors to this Issue
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Alan Jacobs Alan Jacobs is Distinguished Professor of the Humanities in the Honors Program at Baylor University. Bio -
Albert Borgmann Albert Borgmann is Regents Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Montana, Missoula where he has taught since 1970. Bio -
Alexandra Siebert Alexandra Siebert is a recent graduate from the University of Waterloo and is an active community member and writer. Bio -
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Anne Snyder Anne Snyder is the editor-in-chief of Comment magazine and oversees our partner project, Breaking Ground. Bio -
Dave Sikkema Dave Sikkema is a 4th grade teacher at Regents Christian-Classical School in Austin, Texas. Bio -
J. Mark Bertrand J. Mark Bertrand is a novelist with an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Houston. Bio -
James K.A. Smith James K.A. Smith was the editor-in-chief of Comment from 2013-2018, and teaches philosophy at Calvin College. He is the new editor-in-chief of Image Journal. Bio -
Jason Ballard Jason Ballard is the co-founder & CEO of TreeHouse, a home improvement company focused on health & sustainability. Bio -
Kristen Deede Johnson Kristen Deede Johnson is Associate Professor of Theology and Christian Formation at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan. Bio -
Matthew Loftus Matthew Loftus teaches and practices Family Medicine in Baltimore and East Africa. Bio -
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Peter Boumgarden Peter Boumgarden, Ph.D. is a Professor of Practice of Strategy and Organizations at Washington University in St. Louis, and writes on issues of business, theology, and culture. Bio -
Peter Thiel Peter Thiel is an entrepreneur and investor. He co-founded PayPal and was the first outside investor in Facebook. Bio
