Caleb Strom
Contributor
April 3, 2026
The Jedi, Religious Orders, Social Progress, and the Advancement of Knowledge
Modern religions must decide whether they will choose the path of the Jedi or the Sith.
January 13, 2026
Jurassic Park, Ecological Justice, and the Technological Future
This past fall, I watched the fourth and latest installment of the Jurassic World franchise, Jurassic World: Rebirth (hereafter, Rebirth). Jurassic World is a sequel franchise to Jurassic Park, launched by the classic film of the same name in 1993. In the original Jurassic Park, a wealthy businessman, John Hammond, creates a theme park on a remote island with dinosaurs resurrected (or de-extincted) through genetic engineering from
September 24, 2025
Atlantis and Redemptive Technology
As Climate Week at the United Nations draws to a close, it’s worth looking at a 2001 Disney animation called Atlantis: The Lost Empire. Even as tech barons talk about strip mining the moon, Atlantis depicts an approach to technology that is relational and gives explicit obligations to humanity to act responsibly.
July 15, 2025
Toward a Convivial Future: Robots as our Friends
In February 2025, Jonathan Cioran wrote in Mere Orthodoxy about the recent fusion of techno-optimism and far right politics in Silicon Valley. The article, “Iron Sky: Peter Thiel and the Rise of Gay Space Fascism,” made a case that the goal of certain figures in Silicon Valley is to create a society divided between the rich, who
February 28, 2025
Star Trek, the Fermi Paradox, and the Potential of Progressive Religion
Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry is famous for his optimistic vision of a future classless, post-scarcity socialist utopia of space explorers. He is also famous for having a critical attitude toward religion. Whenever religion is brought up in the part of Star Trek directed by him, it is usually to expose it as a false religion being propped up by a
August 29, 2024
Can a Degrowth Economy, Technology, and Outer Space “Religion” Co-Exist?
On October 10, 2024, the Europa Clipper is scheduled to launch. Europa Clipper is a spacecraft designed to explore Jupiter’s moon Europa, a body suspected to have a habitable liquid water ocean beneath its icy surface.