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February 5, 2015
7QT: Translation, Codebreaking, and other language games
If you’re sorry to have missed my talk in San Francisco on “Cultivating Openness to Truth” this week, tune into my radio show tomorrow at 5pm ET – I’ll be covering the highlights. And, for those of you who can’t catch the livestream, my program is beta-testing Real Life Radio’s downloadable podcasts, specifically because several [Read More...]
When it’s illegal to live with your friends…
There are two reasons why I recommended that friends who want to cultivate deeper relationships with each other move into apartment buildings yesterday. The first reason is simply that they’re convenient. When a building is large enough, it’s relatively easy to find an open unit in your friend’s building to move into (especially if you live in [Read More...]
February 4, 2015
Love and Real Estate, All About Location, Location Location
The best living experience I’ve had was definitely in college. The density of people meant that third places were everywhere — dining halls, courtyards, and coffee shops that I could sit in and be stumbled across by friends, and settle in for conversation and companionship. It’s hard to replicate as an adult, because, even [Read More...]
February 2, 2015
A Fired-Up, Fusty Witness to Christian Faith [Saints Bookclub]
In 2015, I’m reading and blogging through Ronald Knox’s collection of sermons on Christian exemplars, Captive Flames: On Selected Saints and Christian Heroes. Every Monday, I’ll be writing about the next portrait in the book, so you’re welcome to peruse them all and/or read along. The first sermon in the book is on Saint Cecilia, who Knox [Read More...]
January 31, 2015
Books that Change the Way You Think [Radio Readings]
You can listen to “Fights in Good Faith,” my weekly radio program, streaming today at 5pm ET and tomorrow (Sun) at 1pm. And I’ll add a note here once the audio is available to stream. Plus, this Monday, you can come see me speak in person in San Francisco. Every week, I put up a “Radio Readings” post, [Read More...]
January 29, 2015
7QT: Faces back from the dead, Anxieties outside your head
Don’t forget, if you’re in the Bay Area, that I’ll be speaking at St. Dominic’s this Monday night — tell your friends! And for those of you not near San Francisco, you can catch me on the radio at 5pm on Saturday or 1pm on Sunday. — 1 — I was really pleased [Read More...]
January 28, 2015
When Public Religion is Rare, It Gets Weird
Although every Saint Patrick’s Day, streets shut down for a quasi-Catholic-related march, the American St. Paddy’s Day has about as much to do with Christianity as it does with Ireland these days, and is mostly an excuse to dress up and drink. A lot of public festivals have been watered down in this way. And [Read More...]
January 27, 2015
When has a book in one field helped you in a seemingly unrelated one?
I’ve just finished Scott Aaronson’s Quantum Computing Since Democritus this week (making a list of the books I wanted to read has really helped me prioritize them!), and I’d like all of your help in prepping what’s going to be a segment I do on it this week for my radio show. Quantum Computing Since [Read More...]
January 26, 2015
I’m speaking on “Openness to Truth” in San Fran, Feb 2nd
I’m pleased to announce that, on Monday, February 2nd at 7:30pm, I’ll be speaking at the very beautiful St. Dominic’s Church in San Francisco. I’ll be tackling the topic “Cultivating Openness to Truth” and discussing ways to make it easier for an opponent (or you!) to have the chance to notice that s/he is in error. [Read More...]
January 24, 2015
Wrong Identities, Chosen and Imposed [Radio Readings]
You’ll be able to catch “Fights in Good Faith,” my weekly radio program, streaming today at 5pm ET and tomorrow (Sun) at 1pm. And the audio this week is already up at the archive page! Every week, I put up a “Radio Readings” post, so you can track down the books, articles, songs, (and, this week, mathematical [Read More...]
