Metaphysics of Technology | Joshua Hochschild

Описание: In this episode:

Joshua Hochschild, director of the Philosophy, Politics, and Economics program at Mount St. Mary’s University, joins the podcast to talk about how his studies in medieval philosophy and metaphysics influenced his religious journey to the Catholic faith
the ways that smartphones change human life and social organization, and how the information age is dramatically different from other technological revolutions
previews the work of Wendell Berry and his views on systemic racism in light of the release of his newest book, The Need to Be Whole
Texts Mentioned:

Ideas Have Consequences by Richard Weaver
“How is My iPhone Changing Me?: Neuroscience and Thomistic Psychology” by Joshua Hochschild
“Technology and the Soul: The Spiritual Lessons of Digital Distraction” by Joshua Hochschild
Phaedrus by Plato
“I Used to be a Human Being” by Andrew Sullivan
Leisure, The Basis of Culture by Josef Pieper
The Social Dilemma documentary
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
The Need to Be Whole: Patriotism and the History of Prejudice by Wendell Berry
The Hidden Wound by Wendell Berry
“Race and Anti-Fragility” by Joshua Hochschild
The City of God: Against the Pagans by Augustine of Hippo
Standing by Words by Wendell Berry