Science & Technology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Fossilized Faith
Christian Smith, a sociologist at Notre Dame, has a knack for turning academic research into books that…
The Mediocrity of AI
Will AI evolve and supersede human intelligence, ushering in the tyranny of machines? Is the economy careering…
Wistful Agnostics and True Believers
With the death of the New Atheist industrial complex, a new variety of religion-friendly intellectual discourse has…
The Surrogacy Exploitation Crisis
“It’s horrific, it’s disturbing, it’s damaging emotionally,” said Kayla Elliot, a young woman now fighting for custody…
The Era of AI Porn Is Here
Sam Altman, the CEO of ChatGPT-owner OpenAI, recently announced that his software would soon allow users to…
Charles Murray Comes to God (ft. Charles Murray)
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Charles Murray joins…
Beauty Rhymes with Death
Jan Zwicky is a Renaissance woman—a philosopher who has taught at Princeton and the University of Victoria,…
Dying from Compassion
The “Mother of Parliaments”—that’s the one in London—has been embroiled for months in a debate over “assisted…
Reforming STEM to Strengthen the Nation
This article is adapted from a talk delivered at the 2025 National Conservatism Conference. Let the laser…
Sage Against the Machine
When I was a first-year doctoral student in England, a venerable Cambridge don whom I will not…
Poetry vs. AI
As the purveyors of artificial intelligence attempt to replace literature with a deluge of slop, it is…
Technological Nationalism
Some years ago, I was visiting an acquaintance in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He had a few friends over…
Screen-Obsessed and Isolated: New and Notable Books
As readers of First Things well know, more and more examinations of the threat of technology to…
As Long as You’re Living
I first heard Robert Munsch in second grade. Our teacher read his 1986 classic Love You Forever…
The Cambrian Implosion
A historical moment ago, it was too obvious for words, but: Life is a blessing. So to…
