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Why Silicon Valley should bridge the divide between technology and religion

This article argues that Silicon Valley and the tech industry need to embrace religious and moral frameworks, using Pope Leo XIV's encyclical on digital technology (Magnifica Humanitas) as a starting point. The author contends that bridging the divide between technology and religion is both principled and practical, and that tech must reorient towards moral purpose for both itself and humanity to flourish in the age of AI.

The Economist26d ago2 min readenOpinion
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Silicon Valley's atheist critics complained that the Holy Father had missed a chance to humble humanity before artificial superintelligence.
Yet in the document is something more useful: an opening between technology and religion that may be society's best hope in the age of AI.
The case for bridging the divide is both principled and practical; spiritual and secular.
Tech must reorient towards moral purpose for it—and humankind—to flourish, argues Glen Weyl.

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Tech must reorient towards moral purpose for it—and humankind—to flourish, argues Glen Weyl
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