The Tech-Wise Family

Andrew and Joel trade summer reading, seven books that shaped how they build. Range and kind vs wicked worlds, The Lean Startup on testing a hypothesis instead of debating it, Culture Making on why creating beats critiquing, and the evolutionary neuroscience the frontier labs are mining for the next breakthrough.

A constructive case for using AI well in Christian life and work.

Cars as technology: what the automobile did to place, the body, and neighborly life.

John Knox on the state of the faith-and-technology conversation right now.

Paul Hoffman on AI in ministry, the shepherd's irreplaceable work, and what machines cannot pastor.

What is a teen worth to a platform? A conversation on youth, Instagram, and how parents and pastors can respond.

From processed food to 3D-printed meals, the Hungry Theologian joins to ask what technology has done to how we eat, and to our care for creation.

Apple's Vision Pro promises a new kind of presence. Does spatial computing connect us, or quietly isolate us? A first Christian read.

Humanoid robots are quietly arriving. The hosts on labor, the body, and what it means to love God with our strength when machines have hands.

Nathan Sutherland on parenting with technology: the difference between tools and 'drool tech,' and why hedges work better than walls.

A walk through the gadgets of CES 2023, and a turn toward generosity: what should Christians make of an industry always selling the next new thing?

FaithTech founder James Kelly on the difference between exploitative, responsible, and redemptive technology, and why lament belongs in the conversation.

If distraction is engineered, how do we push back? Five counter-practices for reclaiming attention in an economy built to fragment it.

Smart thermostats and sensors promise a frictionless home, but what is all that optimization forming us toward? A conversation about the hearth, convenience, and love.

Can we be fully present in a virtual world? A look at the metaverse through embodiment, the incarnation, and what actually makes us persons.