Pope Leo XIV issues encyclical warning technology corporations about the dangers of transformative progress
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Paola Totaro
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Summary
The article discusses Pope Leo XIV's encyclical warning about the dangers of technology, drawing parallels to the industrial revolution. It highlights how the Vatican, an ancient institution, is showing a generational shift in interests toward technological and moral issues. The Pope's background (with a mathematics degree before theology) and his stark warning to technology corporations about how transformative progress can destroy lives on a colossal scale are central themes.
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Leo XIV made crystal clear from d
The Pope's encyclical on the dangers of technology looks back to the last industrial revolution, and delivers a stark warning to the technology corporations of today – that transformative progress can destroy lives on a colossal scale
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