The Internet - ‘The Most Persistent Distraction in History’

Billy Collins, the former poet Laurette of the United States, was recently asked by The New York Times Book Review, "How has the internet changed ...

TikTok Is Harming Children at an Industrial Scale

Internal documents from Tik Tok executives and employees reveal that the social media platform is driven to capture the attention of users. Here were ...

Trying to Solve Gen Z’s Loneliness with Imaginary Relationships

A young woman writer in England named Freya India (see her Substack called “Girls”) writes:

Since I was teenager, it seems like everyone has ...

Every Dollar Counts

Most tithing Protestants still prefer a physical collection plate to a digital one. A Lifeway Research survey of 1,002 American Protestants found that ...

Offline Club Gathers to Disconnect and Find Friends

A cafe in Amsterdam is filled with people on a Sunday afternoon, but there’s not a laptop or cellphone in sight. Those meeting are part of the Offline ...

Church Leaders Urged to Limit Children’s Screen Time

Jonathan Haidt, author of a bestseller, "The Anxious Generation," challenged church leaders to address an important issue. He writes:

As long ...

Half the World Has Fallen Victim to Cyberattacks

The Internet can be a dangerous place, and a new global survey is revealing that billions of people have likely been the target of cybercriminals at some ...

Google Couldn't Define Evil

Twenty years ago, at the moment of its IPO announcement, the most powerful company in the world declared that “Don’t be evil” would ...

Gambling Away Our Lives

The cacophony of slot machines, dice rolls, and card shuffles is what usually comes to mind when people think of gambling. The more pervasive way to gamble ...

Tiktok’s Addictive Algorithm

A study of YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram, and Facebook revealed that American Teens—by a large margin—use YouTube (71%) more than TikTok ...