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Waste of a Space Race?

| December 6, 2021 | Blog Contributor

Waste of a Space Race?
It seems like every time you look to the sky another billionaire is heading for the stars. There is a clear renewal of space travel happening—not by two superpower nations competing against each other. Rather, it is private innovators who are leading the charge. Over...
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Cooper Shull
Cooper Shull is a junior studying finance at Samford University. He was selected as a 2021 Student Blog Contributor for Faith & Public Life.

Alphabet: Google’s Not-So-Secret Plot to Do Good and Save the World

| August 14, 2015 | Society

Alphabet: Google’s Not-So-Secret Plot to Do Good and Save the World
Larry Page, CEO of the company formerly known as Google, once suggested that rather than leaving his wealth to charity he may just give it to Elon Musk. He believed in Musk’s vision of a manned mission to Mars “to back up humanity.” “That’s a company,” he said, “and...
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Michael Hendrix
Michael Hendrix is the director of state and local policy at the Manhattan Institute, where he manages scholars, conducts research, and leads outreach.

Are We Entering a Post-Work World?

| July 13, 2015 | Society

Are We Entering a Post-Work World?
What are we to do with all of these cheap humans? In a 10,000 word cover story for The Atlantic, Derek Thompson envisions a post-work future where technology and capital has largely displaced labor. Joblessness is already a slow-moving vice on the poor and...
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Michael Hendrix
Michael Hendrix is the director of state and local policy at the Manhattan Institute, where he manages scholars, conducts research, and leads outreach.

9 Reasons Why Pope Francis’ Encyclical Is Really About Technology

| June 22, 2015 | Society

9 Reasons Why Pope Francis’ Encyclical Is Really About Technology
Pope Francis’ new encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si’, is actually a reflection on technology. The human origins of what the Pope calls an “ecological crisis” are grounded in what he terms a “technocratic paradigm” that orders our earthly actions. There...
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Michael Hendrix
Michael Hendrix is the director of state and local policy at the Manhattan Institute, where he manages scholars, conducts research, and leads outreach.