Podcast #29: Jim Keenan on Environmentalism, Justice, and Faith

Father Jim Keenan of Boston College discusses Pope Francis’s views on environmentalism and social justice, and how those resonate across belief systems.

By Mo Lotman | March 27, 2019 | Community, Economics, Environment, Ethics, Family, Human Rights, Philosophy, Podcasts, Religion, Society | Abuse, Accountability, Amoris Laetitia, Bioethics, Boston College, Canon, Capitalism, Cardinals, Catholicism, Charlie Curran, David Satcher, Disease, Divorce, Ecumenicalism, Education, Environment, Equality, Gender, Genetic Engineering, Greed, Hierarchy, Honesty, Image, Immigration, Interdenominationalism, Jesuits, Justice, Labor, Laudato Si, Malaria, Marriage, Mother Teresa, Ordaining Women, Ordination, Paul Ramsey, Playing God, Pope Francis, Pope John Paul II, Poverty, Power, Privilege, Protestantism, Sexual Abuse, Sexuality, Social Justice, Socialism, St. Ignatius, Stewart Brand, Surgeon General, Sustainability, The Bible, The Jesuit Institute, Theology, Transportation, Tuberculosis, Working Class

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The Proud Luddite

The word Luddite has a long history as a derogatory term. But it has little to do with the real history of the Luddites, who seem more relevant than ever.

By Vittorio Bollo | November 8, 2017 | Automation, Economics, Employment, Ethics, Law, Philosophy, Society | Automation, Change, Destruction, Dignity, England, Garment Workers, Hanging, Industrial Revolution, Industry, Inequality, Jobs, Labor, Luddites, Machines, Manufacturing, Ned Ludd, Nottingham, Respect, Riots, Sabotage, Technoskepticism, Textiles, Work

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America Should Send Amazon Packing

Amazon has destroyed businesses, mistreated employees, lowered wages, manipulated markets, and virtually censored books. Now they want a giant handout.

By Mo Lotman | October 11, 2017 | Community, Economics, Employment, Ethics, Government, Law, Publishing | Amazon, Amazon Marketplace, Amazon Web Services, Boston, Cloud Computing, Delivery, Detroit, E-Commerce, ILSR, Institute for Local Self-Reliance, Internet, Jeff Bezos, Labor, Local Economies, Local Government, Main Streets, Market Share, Monopoly, Pittsburgh, Retail, Sales Tax, Seattle, Shopping, Unfair Business Practices, Whole Foods

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Speeding Towards a Potential AI Jobocalypse, Government is on Autopilot

A White House paper on AI betrays a stunning naivte about potential economic fallout, but few in government are interested in even acknowledging the issue.

By Art Keller | June 21, 2017 | Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Economics, Employment, Government, Politics | AI, Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Autonomous Vehicles, Bill Gates, Capitalism, Class Warfare, Conflict, Elon Musk, Employment, Germany, High-Tech, Inequality, Job Losses, Labor, Lifelong Learning, Manufacturing, Obama, Office of Science and Technology Policy, OSTP, Retraining, Robots, Social Safety Net, Stephen Hawking, Trump, Unemployment, White House

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With Software, Employers Get Shifty

Employers have let algorithms dictate how much and when their employees work—or don’t. Recently, there has been pushback.

By Gabe Fenigsohn | December 28, 2016 | Automation, Economics, Employment, Ethics, Prediction | Algorithms, Bath & Body Works, Child Care, Clopen, Employee Rights, GAp, Labor, On-Call Scheduling, Part-time Work, Percolata, Pier 1, Scheduling Software, Shift Work, Tanda, Victoria's Secret

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