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Imagine a friend has invited you over to watch a newly released movie. “It’s a Christian movie,” he says, “but it’s actually really good.” Maybe he’s talking about “Nefarious.” Maybe “Jesus Revolution.” Maybe he’s recently discovered “God’s Not Dead 2” or “Heaven Is for Real.” Whatever the film, it speaks volumes that your friend feels the need
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On my honeymoon, my husband and I began reading J. R. R. Tolkien’s “The Fellowship of the Ring” aloud to each other as we drove. Some may deem that a nerdy way of spending one’s newlywed days, but we enjoyed it, and our enjoyment led us to read through the entire “Lord of the Rings” trilogy within
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Recently, my YouTube feed has been dishing up videos of ambient background music created without AI. With uncanny precision, the internet gods of YouTube have identified my sympathies. They seem to know that I have declared unending war on so-called “art” made by artificial intelligence. I play these recommended videos out of mere protest –
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After my sophomore year of college, I interned with USA Today Opinion as a fact-checker. The work was tedious, albeit satisfying; I spent hours poring over news sites, scanning through scientific and demographic studies, and running plagiarism checkers to ensure that every claim in the opinion column was backed by legitimate and trustworthy sources. I
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“I’m just not affected by it.” This statement captures the common attitude toward entertainment today. More often than not, we think that what we consume on our screens is harmless and detached from our values or behavior. But is it? “We become what we behold,” the saying – often attributed to Marshall McLuhan, a philosopher
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