Episode 7.01 Do We Really Need to Keep the Internet Around?

Season 7’s charter—by way of a rollicking argument about Alan Jacobs’ The Year of Our Lord 1943 and Tolkien’s idea of eucatastrophe.

Tagged: Christianity, ethics, hope, technology

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