What makes the Teen Mania story more than a rehash of evangelical overreach is watching how, as revealed at “Day One” at the Silverdome, Luce stoked the flames of the culture war still playing out on a national stage today. (Post, Religion News Service)
Read MoreThe Trump administration on Wednesday unveiled an AI Action Plan aimed at maintaining U.S. dominance in the rapidly emerging artificial intelligence field. The initiative is part of an ongoing effort the White House began earlier this year with an executive order removing AI guardrails imposed by the Biden administration. (Cunningham & Watson, CBS News)
Read MoreThrough a nationally representative survey of 2068 UK adults and a series of in-depth interviews, this report explores the experiences of religious and non-religious people in relation to a range of wellbeing measures, including life satisfaction, worry and anxiety, low mood and depression, loneliness, and attitudes to mental health. (Institute for the Impact of Faith in Life)
Read MoreMuch of the debate involves grappling with the question of whether AI is being used as a replacement for a sacred human project or whether it's a tool in the service of that project. (Prichep, NPR)
Read MoreThese collectible baby dolls, which can run up to $10,000 apiece, have been around since the early 2000s, but in recent years they’ve exploded into a global phenomenon. Collectors, who consider themselves parents, shell out for luxury baby gear and dote on their reborns as if they were human children. (Satran, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreToday, 74% of U.S. adults say they would support banning middle and high school students from using cellphones during class, up from 68% last fall. Far fewer (19%) oppose classroom bans and 7% are unsure, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in June. (Gottfried, Park & Anderson, Pew Research)
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