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Chris & Adam argue the wrongs and rights of technology and faith in everyday life—from A.I. to Facebook to DNA tests—and how a Christian might live in the middle.
S8E5—Does Twitter Survive 2023? A Birdseye View Of The “Public Square”
Device & Virtue
54 minutes
2 years ago
S8E5—Does Twitter Survive 2023? A Birdseye View Of The “Public Square”
Who hasn’t heard about Twitter these days? With all the controversy, Adam & Chris are talking about how private tech becomes a “public square”—and does Twitter have a future in 2023?
Big Questions
What is “free speech”?
What is the idea of the public square and how does it relate?
How has the long history of communications technology been controlled by the rich or the royal?
Who owned the most powerful communications network in the middle ages?
How should Christians speak and interact in the public square?
Should Adam & Chris delete the Device & Virtue Twitter account?
Links
A timeline of Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter (NBC)
We’re witnessing the brain death of Twitter (MIT Technology Review)
Beyond the Public Square: Imagining Digital Democracy by Mary Ann Franks (Yale Law Journal)
Dramatic Tweets
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1518623997054918657?s=20&t=CVF4F0xrENuRCMb8-QztJg
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1604617643973124097?s=20&t=CVF4F0xrENuRCMb8-QztJg
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Device & Virtue
Chris & Adam argue the wrongs and rights of technology and faith in everyday life—from A.I. to Facebook to DNA tests—and how a Christian might live in the middle.
