A Brave New World
I came across Albert Moehler's latest, "Thinking in Public" episode, which is an interview with author Rod Dreher about his latest book ,"Live Not by Lies." I found it rather frightfully compelling, particularly in light of the Senate Commerce Committee's recent grilling of the CEO's of Twitter, Facebook and Google. The power over the public discourse via the platforms they wield, to suppress free speech, that differs from their own political viewpoint, is egregious. They hold the information over our heads, like the sword of Damocles, collecting it, storing it and disseminating it, to uphold or destroy whomever or whatever they please, all the while making exorbitant piles of money. Shaming them in front of a Senate committee has little impact on their behavior, even when the evidence against them is so damning. Listen to the interview which discusses what could be a dystopian nightmare coming our way especially for people of faith.