Religion and the internet. 'Radicalisation In The Digital Age', by Marc Weitzmann. It is easier than you might think for an extremist to radicalise a stranger online — to persuade that person to marry them, say, or to join their army in a foreign land; because when we are online we tend to think of our online personae as being not quite real; we take chances, have adventures, with our online personae, and our real-world personae get entailed. “Future converts who begin by searching for ‘real’ Muslims online, in the privacy of their bedrooms, always meet people in the flesh at some point.” Further information.
How Pope Francis could shape the future of robotics. A BBC News article about the workshop 'Roboethics: Humans, Machines and Health', hosted by The Pontifical Academy for Life. It might not be the first place you imagine when you think about robots. But in the Renaissance splendour of the Vatican, thousands of miles from Silicon Valley, scientists, ethicists and theologians gather to discuss the future of robotics. The ideas go to the heart of what it means to be human and could define future generations on the planet. Further information.
