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A tale of two Vaticans (or, OpenAI building an unholy spirit)

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Beyond the online American bravado, sat something far more sincere. A moment to reconsider one's relationship to the church, and to God. To contemplate, for the technologist, the relationship between faith and work. This trend of Christian interest within technology is a new one. Part of the larger right swinging vibe shift, came the "God and Guns" brand of Gundo Americana. The manifest destiny of American Dynamism. And the culmination of, agnostic at best, tech luminaries bowing their heads in prayer on stage at the inauguration in January. Broadly, I take no issue with this. It is not for me to determine an individual's sincerity, I will simply pray for their heart posture. But rotating off the individual, and where we find ourselves in this unique point of history. We gain permission to ask… What is happening? And why is it all happening, now? ***as a small note I am not Catholic, I am Presbyterian, but I do not believe the underlying theological arguments and histories in this piec

A tale of two Vaticans (or, OpenAI building an unholy spirit) "Issue": 133 Reggie James May 14, 2025 2 2 Share On May 8, 2025 - Cardinal Robert Prevost became Leo XIV, the first American Pope. Beyond the online American bravado, sat something far more sincere. A moment to reconsider one's relationship to the church, and to God. To contemplate, for the technologist, the relationship between faith and work. This trend of Christian interest within technology is a new one. Part of the larger right swinging vibe shift, came the "God and Guns" brand of Gundo Americana. The manifest destiny of Americ

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