Rise of the Machines
These machines, and the minds behind them are not benign, but are the result of–at best–a misguided will. Far from encouraging human flourishing, they will destroy it.
Life From Our Land
Maybe it is here that my experience of trying to be a farmer and living “on the land” taught me the most about what salvation and living the Gospel truly means.
Laudato Si' and the Critique of the Technocratic Paradigm
Once the human mind is shaped by the technocratic paradigm it looks upon everything it surveys as simply material for manipulation.
Freedom in Your Pocket
The enemies of freedom might be powerful but its friends are not by any means powerless.
The Power of Humility in the Technocratic Age
The key to understand Guardini’s thought is to recognize the nature of his Christian transgression of modern and contemporary notions of power.
Innovation
Will the elimination of large monopolies really stifle innovation and technological development?
Will the Real Capitalism Please Stand Up?
Capitalists wonder why distributists oppose capitalism. It would be easy to answer this if there were a true, consistently held definition of capitalism.
What's Wrong With Free Trade and Outsourcing?
Anyone criticizing the doctrine of Global Free Trade is called ignorant, isolationist, and protectionist.
The Market and the Moral Man
The "market" is a-moral, it is not moral in itself or immoral. It is a tool, and it must be controlled by a user as all tools.