Machines and Mustard Seeds
Brandon RickabaughA philosopher’s notes on the ideas, desires, and systems that shape us. Whether they are true. Whether they can hold a life together.
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Philosopher (PhD), author, speaker, founder of NOVUS. I write on consciousness, AI, faith and culture, and spiritual formation in the Way of Jesus, and the strange work of staying human in a tech age.
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