Taking the long view on technology, religion, ethics, and art. There are plenty of podcasts that will tell you how Apple’s latest product will affect the tech landscape tomorrow, but there aren’t that many concerned with the potential impact of that tech in 2026. In a culture obsessed with now, how can we make choices with a view for tomorrow, next year, and beyond?
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episode 4: 7.04: Not Better Enough
Rejecting solutionism, the problems of the humane, and wise change.
episode 3: 7.03: Ari Wallach
An interview with the founder of Longpath about his vision for the future and trans-generational ethics.
episode 2: 7.02: People Who Don’t Want To Do Things
Personal and community liturgies as ways to address a positive vision of the future to people who like the current way of doing things.
episode 1: 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.
[Bonus] 7.01 Outtake: Twitter is Strongbad
7.01 will be in your ears tomorrow. For today: how Stephen copes with Twitter.
episode 13: A Four-in-One Special
Wrapping up Season 6 by covering the topics we intended to cover before Chris’ experience with burnout broke everything.
episode 12: 6.12: Beer Rules
Regulation as neither bogeyman nor panacea, but a way of protecting out the right spaces for genuine competition to emerge.
episode 11: 6.11: Very Thoughtful Ethics Dogs
Reflecting on the limits of AI, and the limits we should put on AI.