On Nov. 6, many U.S. Amish, Brethren in Christ and Mennonites woke up feeling encouraged that their country was heading in a better direction; others were discouraged by the presidential election’s outcome.
Artificial intelligence is one of the most transformative technologies humanity has ever developed. AI offers blessings and burdens that can foster peace and democracy or fuel violence, inequality, polarization and authoritarianism. Religious ethics have something to offer.
I was sweating in bed, as one does on a June night in Chad, when I began to hear rumbling noises. My first thought was thunder, but it didn’t follow the typical thunder-and-lightning pattern.